amazonian
/æməˈzoʊni.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.76 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.
adj
Having to do with the Amazon River in South America, and its surrounding region.
adj
Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period.
adj
Requiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty; Herculean.
name
The Amazonian geological period.
noun
An Amazon.
Example Sentences
- "The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation."
- "Women's tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques."
- "It's to their credit that they are capable of such "transformations," as well as performing the amazonian task of surviving and working as a small theater."
- "Russian capitalism created an exploited economic class that was up against these common enemies at every turn and was forced to take on the Amazonian task of battling class rule, its ideology and state."
- "I’ve […] languidly sipped merlot while my Amazonian inamorato responds to a high-priority event."
- "[…] Amazonians like David Risher, who lead^([sic]) the first expansion into retail in the 1990s; Warren Jenson, Covey's short-lived successor as CFO; and Rick Dalzell, the former Army Ranger who was Amazon's CIO for a decade."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Amazon Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Amazonian From Amazon + -ian.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /æməˈzoʊni.ən/