Amazonia

[am-uh-zoh-nee-uh]

noun

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

Amazonia

/ æməˈzəʊnɪə /

noun

1. the land around the Amazon river

Example Sentences

Salgado's later projects included working with 12 indigenous communities to create the Amazonia exhibition, which was displayed at the Science Museum in London and the the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester in 2021 and 2022.

From BBC

Both scores featured live music, Russian pianist Vladimir Rumyantsev playing Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations offstage and Third Coast Percussion performing Glass’ “Aguas da Amazonia” in the pit.

From Los Angeles Times

The authors add, "'Nature's Strongholds' -- large, interconnected, ecologically intact areas that are well managed and equitably governed -- are identified in Amazonia and Central Africa. The approach offers an effective way to conserve biodiversity at a global scale."

From Science Daily

Over the course of millennia, Indigenous peoples bred it from a weedy wild plant into a crop that stores prodigious quantities of starch in potatolike tubers, thrives in Amazonia's poor soils and is nearly invulnerable to pests.

From Salon

How can cassava be so toxic, yet still dominate diets in Amazonia?

From Salon