Amazonian

American

[am-uh-zoh-nee-uhn] / ˌæm əˈzoʊ ni ən /

adjective

(of a woman) characteristic of or like an Amazon; powerful and aggressive; warlike.
pertaining to the Amazon River or the country adjacent to it.

noun

a native or inhabitant of the area adjoining the Amazon River.

Amazonian British

/ æməˈzəʊnɪən /

adjective

of or relating to the Amazon river, the land around it, or the inhabitants of this land

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Etymology

Origin of Amazonian

First recorded in 1585–95; Amazon + -ian

Example Sentences

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Another project has been Bullock’s riveting staging, with dance, of Olivier Messiaen’s mystical, Amazonian, sex-love-death song cycle, “Harawi,” which came to the Wallis in October 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

The hot and humid Amazonian city, with limited infrastructure, is hosting tens of thousands of participants from around the world for the UN climate talks.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

The venom of an Amazonian scorpion species may contain a compound capable of helping treat breast cancer, a disease that remains one of the top causes of death among women.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

Scientific research into the benefits of "superfoods" is limited, but eating Amazonian fruits is generally recognised to be good for you.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries many Amazonian Indians, the Yanomamo among them, abandoned their farm villages, which had made them sitting ducks for European diseases and slave trading.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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