Amazon

Amazon is topics referred to by the same term. Amazon most often describes:Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin Amazon (company), an American multinational technology and retail company Amazon River, in South America Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology

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Amazon most often describes:

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

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 Diablo II character The Amazon, a Pro Wrestling character Amazon (Dragon's Crown), a character from the Dragon's Crown game 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 film The Amazon (film), a 1921 German silent film War Goddess, 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

Gaming§

Amazon (chess), a fairy chess piece Amazons (solitaire), a card game Amazon (video game), a 1984 interactive fiction graphic adventure game Amazon: Guardians of Eden, a 1992 video game Game of the Amazons, a board game

Literature§

Amazons!, a 1979 fantasy anthology edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson Amazons (novel), a 1980 novel co-written by Don DeLillo, published under the pseudonym Cleo Birdwell Swallows and Amazons series, twelve children's novels by Arthur Ransome The Amazon (novella), by Nikolai Leskov The Amazons (play), by Arthur Wing Pinero

Music§

The Amazons (band), a British indie band from Reading, Berkshire The Amazons (album) Amazons (Japanese group), a female group formed in 1985

Businesses and organizations§

Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, a feminist bookstore (1970–2012) Amazonen-Werke, a German agricultural machinery manufacturer (founded 1883) Café Amazon, Thai coffee chain Takembeng, or les Amazones des SDF, a 1990s women's social movement in Cameroon

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

People§

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

Places§

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 Creek, a stream in Oregon, U.S. Amazon Delta, a vast river delta formed by the Amazon and Tocantins Rivers in northern South America Amazon Reef, at the mouth of the Amazon basin 1042 Amazone, an asteroid

Sports§

COD United Amazons F.C., a women's association football club in Lagos State, Nigeria Los Angeles Amazons, a women's semi-professional American football team (2002–2012) Nasarawa Amazons F.C., a women's association football club in Nasarawa State, Nigeria Vancouver Amazons, a Canadian women's ice hockey team of the 1920s

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 (brigitane), a Canadian brigantine launched 1861, later more famously named Mary Celeste 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), an US Navy bark

Other uses§

Amazon (color), a variant of jungle green.amazon, an Amazon.com-operated internet top-level domain