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    Amazon

    The Amazons were a legendary nation of female warriors in Greek mythology.

    Amazon is a euphemism, derived from the legend, for any woman warrior or athlete, including:
    * Amazon, nom de guerre of a Roman gladiatrix at Halicarnassus
    * Dahomey Amazons, an all-female regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey
    * Amazon feminism, a branch of feminism that emphasizes female physical prowess
    * Los Angeles Amazons, a womens semi-professional American football team

    Amazon or Amazons may also refer to:

    Geography
    * Amazon River in South America, the largest river in the world by volume
    ** Amazon Basin, the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries
    ** Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia, a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin
    ** AmazĂ´nia Legal, the part of the Amazon jungle which is in Brazil
    ** Peruvian Amazon, the Amazon jungle in Peruvian territory
    * Amazon Creek, a tributary of the Long Tom River, Oregon, United States

    Companies
    * Amazon.com, an American on-line sales company based in Seattle, Washington
    * Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, a feminist bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Arts & entertainment
    Books
    * The Amazon: The Story of a Great River, a 1970 work by Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead
    * Amazons!, a 1979 anthology of fantasy stories
    * Amazons (novel), a 1980 novel co-written by Don DeLillo
    * Amazons II, a 1982 anthology of fantasy stories

    Comics
    * Amazons (DC Comics), DC Comics warrior women characters associated with Wonder Woman
    * Amazon, also known as Man-Killer, a Marvel Comics supervillain character

    Film
    * Amazons (1984 film), an American made-for-television thriller directed by Paul Michael Glaser
    * Amazons (1986 film), an Argentine adventure fantasy
    * Amazon (1997 film), a documentary about the Amazon basin

    Games
    * Amazon, a fairy chess piece combining the queen and the knight
    * Amazons (solit read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon

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