Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company Amazon or Amazone may also refer to:

Places

South America

Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin) The Amazon Basin is a large sedimentary basin (620,000 square kilometres (240,000 sq mi)) located near the middle and lower course of the Amazon River, south the Guiana Shield and north of the Central Brazilian Shield. The basin developed on ...

, a sedimentary basin at the middle and lower course of the river * Amazon basin, the part of South America drained by the river and its tributaries *

Amazon Reef The Amazon Reef, or Amazonian Reef, is an extensive coral and sponge reef system, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French Guiana and northern Brazil. It is one of the largest known reef systems in the world, with scientists esti ...

, at the mouth of the Amazon basin

Elsewhere

1042 Amazone 1042 Amazone, provisional designation , is a dark asteroid and slow rotator in the outer asteroid belt, approximately 70 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 April 1925, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in ...

, an asteroid * Amazon Creek, a stream in Oregon, US

People

Amazon Eve Erika Ervin (born February 23, 1979), known professionally as Amazon Eve, is an American model, fitness trainer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of Australian magazine ''Zoo Weekly'' and played a regular character on '' American Hor ...

(born 1979), American model, fitness trainer, and actress *

Lesa Lewis Lesa Lewis (born March 9, 1967) is an American professional female bodybuilder, nicknamed "Amazon". Early life Lesa Lewis was born in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. She grew up in a family with three brothers and three sisters. She ran track, pla ...

(born 1967), American professional bodybuilder nicknamed "Amazon"

Art and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Amazon (Amalgam Comics) * Amazon, an alias of the Marvel supervillain

Man-Killer Man-Killer is a name used by two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The second version Katrina Luisa Van Horn has been viewed by critics as a "caricature of feminists, who despised all men." Publicati ...

Amazons (DC Comics) The Amazons of DC Comics are a race of warrior women who exist as part of Greek mythology. They live on Themyscira (DC Comics), Paradise Island, later known as Themyscira (DC Comics), Themyscira, an isolated location in the middle of the ocean wh ...

, a group of superhuman characters * The Amazon, a ''

Diablo II ''Diablo II'' is an action role-playing hack-and-slash video game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 2000 for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and macOS. The game, with its dark fantasy and horror the ...

'' character * The Amazon, a ''

Pro Wrestling Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring o ...

'' character * ''

Kamen Rider Amazon is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. The fourth installment to be produced as part of the Kamen Rider Series, the series aired in Japan from late 1974 to early 1975 on the NET and Mainichi Broadcasting System. It was the shortest ''Kamen ...

'', title character in the fourth installment of the ''Kamen Rider'' series

Film and television

* ''The Amazons'' (1917 film), an American silent tragedy * ''The Amazon'' (film), a 1921 German silent film * ''

War Goddess A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been por ...

'', also known as ''The Amazons'', a 1973 Italian adventure fantasy drama * ''Amazons'' (1984 film), an American thriller * ''Amazons'' (1986 film), an Argentine adventure fantasy * ''Amazon'' (1990 film), a 1990 drama * ''Amazon'' (1997 film), a short documentary * ''Amazon'' (1999 TV series), a Canadian drama * ''Amazon'' (2000 film), a 2000 French film * ''Amazon'' (2008 TV series), a British documentary series

Games

Amazon (chess) The amazon, also known as the queen+knight compound, is a fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight. It may thus be considered the sum of all orthodox chess pieces other than the king and the pawn. The amazon can force checkmate on ...

, a fairy chess piece * Amazons (solitaire), a card game * Amazon (video game), ''Amazon'' (video game), a 1984 interactive fiction graphic adventure game * ''Amazon: Guardians of Eden'', a 1991 video game * ''Game of the Amazons'', a board game

Literature

* Amazons (novel), ''Amazons'' (novel), a 1980 novel co-written by Don DeLillo, published under the pseudonym Cleo Birdwell * ''Amazons!'', a fantasy anthology edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson * Swallows and Amazons series, ''Swallows and Amazons'' series, a series of twelve children's books by Arthur Ransome * The Amazon (novella), ''The Amazon'' (novella), by Nikolai Leskov * The Amazons (play), ''The Amazons'' (play), by Arthur Wing Pinero

Music

* The Amazons (band), a British indie band from Reading, Berkshire

Military units

* Amazonian Guard, or "the Amazons", a bodyguard unit of Muammar Gaddafi * Amazons Company, a Greek ceremonial female battalion * Dahomey Amazons, a Fon regiment

Organizations

* Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, a former feminist bookstore * Amazonen-Werke, a German agricultural machinery manufacturer * Los Angeles Amazons, an American football team * Takembeng, or les Amazones des SDF, a women's social movement in Cameroon

Transportation

Land vehicles

* Amazon (automobile), a 1920s British cyclecar * ''Amazon'', a GWR 3031 Class locomotive operating 1892–1908 * ''Amazon'', a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive operating 1851–1877 * Volvo Amazon, a 1956–1970 mid-size car

Ships

* Amazon (1780 ship), ''Amazon'' (1780 ship), launched in France in 1775 under another name * Amazon (brigantine), ''Amazon'' (brigantine), a Canadian brigantine launched 1861 * Amazon (yacht), ''Amazon'' (yacht), a British screw schooner built 1885 * Amazon-class frigate, ''Amazon''-class frigate, four classes of frigate of the British Royal Navy * Amazon-class sloop, ''Amazon''-class sloop, of the British Royal Navy * French submarine Amazone (1916), French submarine ''Amazone'' (1916), an Armide-class diesel-electric attack submarine * HMS Amazon, HMS ''Amazon'', nine ships of the Royal Navy * RMS Amazon, RMS ''Amazon'', two ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company * SMS Amazone (1843), SMS ''Amazone'' (1843), a 3-masted sail corvette of the Prussian Navy * SMS Amazone, SMS ''Amazone'', a 1900 2,700 ton ''Gazelle''-class light cruiser * USS Amazon (1861), USS ''Amazon'' (1861), a US Navy bark

Other uses

* Amazon (color), a variant of jungle green * Amazon parrot