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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

Early in 2024, Bufalino will kickstart the first cellulose lab in the Amazon, at the Federal Rural University of Amazonia, in Belém.

From National Geographic Dec. 14, 2023

Citra did her best to leave DNA traces on half a dozen trains before slipping onto the one bound for Caracas, on the north Amazonia coast.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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