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), 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, at the mouth of the Amazon basin

Elsewhere

* 1042 Amazone, an asteroid * Amazon Creek, a stream in Oregon, US

People

* Amazon Eve (born 1979), American model, fitness trainer, and actress * Lesa Lewis (born 1967), American professional bodybuilder nicknamed "Amazon"

Art and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Amazon (Amalgam Comics) * Amazon, an alias of the Marvel supervillain Man-Killer * Amazons (DC Comics), a group of superhuman characters * The Amazon, a ''

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'' character * The Amazon, a '' Pro Wrestling'' character * '' Kamen Rider Amazon'', 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) Amazons is an old patience or card solitaire game which is played with a single deck of playing cards. The game is played with a Piquet pack minus the kings or a standard 52-card pack that has its twos, threes, fours, fives, sixes, and kings remove ...

, a card 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), 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, a series of twelve children's books by Arthur Ransome * ''The Amazon'' (novella), by Nikolai Leskov * ''The Amazons'' (play), by Arthur Wing Pinero

Music

The Amazons (band) The Amazons are a British rock band from Reading, Berkshire, formed in 2014. The band's debut album rose to number 8 on the UK Albums Chart. They have also been named a band to listen to in 2017 by '' NME'', ''The Independent'' and BBC Radio 1. ...

, a British indie band from Reading, Berkshire

Military units

* Amazonian Guard, or "the Amazons", a bodyguard unit of Muammar Gaddafi *

Amazons Company The Greek Battalion of Balaklava was a military unit of the Imperial Russian Army which participated in the Russo-Turkish wars of 1768–1774, 1787–1792 and 1806–1812. It consisted of Greek expatriates who were living in the Balaklava area. I ...

, a Greek ceremonial female battalion *

Dahomey Amazons The Dahomey Mino ( Fon: Agojie, Agoji, Mino, or Minon) were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey (in today's Benin, West Africa) that existed from the 17th century until the late 19th century. They are one of the few doc ...

, a Fon regiment

Organizations

Amazon Bookstore Cooperative Amazon Bookstore Cooperative was a feminist bookstore located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that operated from 1970 to 2012. It was the first lesbian/feminist bookstore in the U.S. The shop was named after the Amazons, a mythological tribe of fierce ...

, a former feminist bookstore * Amazonen-Werke, a German agricultural machinery manufacturer *

Los Angeles Amazons The Los Angeles Amazons were a women's semi-professional American football team based in Los Angeles, California. A member of the Women's Football Alliance, the Amazons played their home games at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex. The 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), launched in France in 1775 under another name * ''Amazon'' (brigantine), a Canadian brigantine launched 1861 * ''Amazon'' (yacht), a British screw schooner built 1885 * ''Amazon''-class frigate, four classes of frigate of the British Royal Navy * ''Amazon''-class sloop, of the British Royal Navy * French submarine ''Amazone'' (1916), an Armide-class diesel-electric attack submarine * HMS ''Amazon'', nine ships of the Royal Navy * RMS ''Amazon'', two ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company * SMS ''Amazone'' (1843), a 3-masted sail corvette of the Prussian Navy * SMS ''Amazone'', a 1900 2,700 ton ''Gazelle''-class light cruiser * USS ''Amazon'' (1861), a US Navy bark

Other uses

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, a variant of jungle green * Amazon parrot