AMAZON

'Amazon' or 'Amazons' may refer to:

★ Amazons, members of a legendary nation of female warriors in Greek mythology

★ Amazon Rainforest, a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin of South America

★ Amazon River, the largest river in the world by volume

★ Amazon Basin, the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries

★ Amazon parrots, a large genus of parrot from the Americas, popular in aviculture
In 'commerce':

★ Amazon.com, an American electronic commerce company based in Seattle, Washington

★ Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, an "independent feminist bookstore" in Minneapolis, Minnesota
In 'literature':

★ Amazons (comics), legendary warrior women from the DC Comics universe associated with the superheroine Wonder Woman

★ ''Swallows and Amazons'' (series), a series by Arthur Ransome about two girl sailors and would-be pirates

★ Amazon (comics), also known as Man-Killer, a villain in the Marvel Comics universe

★ ''The Amazon'' (book), a book by Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead
In 'music':

★ Amazon (band), a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in 2002

★ Amazon (Ruslana song), song by the winner of the 2004 Eurovision , Ruslana
In 'television' and 'film':

★ ''Amazons (1986 film)'', a 1986 Argentine adventure science fiction fantasy epic

★ ''Amazon'' (TV series), a 1999 TV series adaptation of a Peter Benchley story

★ Amazon Women on the Moon, a 1987 film written by comedy duo Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland

★ Amazon Women in the Mood, an episode from the 3rd season of ''Futurama''.
In 'vehicles':

★ HMS ''Amazon'', the name of four ships of the British Royal Navy

★ Volvo Amazon, a car model from Volvo produced from 1956-1970

★ ''Amazon'', a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive

★ Amazon (automobile), an interwar British car
In 'other':

★ Amazon (Fairy chess piece), a fairy chess piece which is used in some variants of chess

★ Dahomey Amazons, an all-female regiment of the African kingdom of Dahomey

★ Amazon feminism, dedicated to the image of the female hero in fiction and in fact

★ Game of the Amazons, a board game

★ Military - Col. Kadaffi's bodyguards, called "The Amazonian Guard"

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See also

★ Amazonas (disambiguation)