Amazone

See also: amazone

Dutch

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Amazone

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.maːˈzɔː.nə/

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• Hyphenation: Ama‧zo‧ne

Proper noun

Amazone f

1. Amazon (South American river)

Noun

Amazone f (plural Amazonen or Amazones)

1. Amazon (mythological female warrior)

Derived terms

• amazone

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Amazone

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Amazone f

1. Amazon (river)

Derived terms

• amazonien

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Amazonenpapageien

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eine Amazone

Amazonen

Etymology

Short form of Amazonenpapagei (“Amazon parrot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamaˈt͡soːnə]
• Hyphenation: Ama‧zo‧ne

Noun

Amazone f (genitive Amazone, plural Amazonen)

1. (ornithology) short form of Amazonenpapagei: Amazon parrot; any bird of the parrot genus Amazona.
2. (in the plural) short form of Amazonenpapageien: the collective noun for birds of the genus Amazona in the family Psittacidae.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Amazone	die	Amazonen
genitive	einer	der	Amazone	der	Amazonen
dative	einer	der	Amazone	den	Amazonen
accusative	eine	die	Amazone	die	Amazonen

Declension of Amazone [feminine]

Hypernyms

• Neuweltpapagei
• Eigentlicher Papagei

Hyponyms

• Goldzügelamazone (“Amazona xantholora”)
• Gelbflügelamazone (“Amazona aestiva”)
• Gelbkopfamazone (“Amazona oratix”)
• Gelbschulteramazone (“Amazona barbadensis”)
• Kaiseramazone (“Amazona imperialis”)
• Rotspiegelamazone (“Amazona agilis”)
• Blaustirnamazone (“Amazona aestiva”)
• Weißstirnamazone (“Amazona albifrons”)

Latin

Noun

Amāzone

1. ablative singular of Amāzōn