Definitions for Amazon

Amazon Am·a·zon

Spelling: [am-uh-zon, -zuh n]
IPA: /ˈæm əˌzɒn, -zən/

Amazon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in Amazon (aamnoz).

Definitions for Amazon

noun

  1. a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
  2. Classical Mythology. one of a nation of female warriors said to dwell near the Black Sea.
  3. one of a fabled tribe of female warriors in South America.
  4. (often lowercase) a tall, powerful, aggressive woman.
  5. Amazon ant.
  6. any of several green parrots of the genus Amazona, of tropical America, often kept as pets.

Origin of Amazon

Latin Amazōn Greek Amazṓn, of obscure origin

Examples for Amazon

It looks like Amazon is on track to get additional Pentagon contracts as well.

Fisheries to feed a canning Factory on the banks of the Amazon was one of them.

The Amazon biography for an author named Papa Faal mentions both Gambia and lists a military record that matches the FBI report.

It seemed as though she had re-donned her armour and become an Amazon again.

Forrester was exactly where he had intended to be: in the middle of the Amazon jungle.

It may be of interest to know what befell Pinzon after he left the mouth of the Amazon.

Netflix and Amazon, two companies responsible for much of our contemporary TV-viewing habits, have taken things to the next level.

Crowd labor platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk operate with few rules and little protection for workers.

Tongues had been creeping up the rivers that ran into the Amazon.

The Atlantic has reported extensively on the at least $600 million Amazon stands to be paid for handling CIA data.

Word Value for Amazon
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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