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Amazonia

American  
[am-uh-zoh-nee-uh] / ˌæm əˈzoʊ ni ə /

noun

  1. the region around the Amazon, in N South America.


Amazonia British  
/ æməˈzəʊnɪə /

noun

  1. the land around the Amazon river

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lead researcher and University of Saint-Etienne PhD student Quentin Bacquelé explained: "The diversity is huge. And if you go to Asia, Africa, Amazonia, you will hear totally different songs."

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Each time the museum responds to the rainforest — it can be Amazonia, Indonesia, Australia — the resultant acoustic archive grows.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

In modern hands, they can be bred to produce new types, fitting purposes beyond those in Amazonia itself.

From Salon ● May 6, 2024

"Sixteen million years ago, the Peruvian Amazonia looked very different from what it is today," says lead author Aldo Benites-Palomino from the Department of Paleontology at UZH.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024

He introduced himself as Scythe Possuelo of Amazonia.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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