Amazon

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

Amazon is an eponym, derived from the legend, for any woman warrior or athlete, including:

• Amazon, nom de guerre of a Roman gladiatrix at Halicarnassus
• The Dahomey Amazons, an all-female regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey
• The Amazonian Guard, an all-female elite bodyguard unit to protect then Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi
• Amazon feminism, a branch of feminism that emphasizes female physical prowess
• The Los Angeles Amazons, a women's semi-professional American football team

Amazon may also refer to:

Places

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

Companies

• Amazon.com, an American on-line sales company based in Seattle, Washington
• True Colors Bookstore, formerly Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, a feminist bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Amazone, brand name of Amazonen-Werke, a German manufacturer of agricultural machinery

Arts and entertainment

Books

• Swallows and Amazons, a 1930 novel by Arthur Ransome
• Amazons!, a 1979 anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
  • Amazons II, a 1982 second anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Amazons (novel), a 1980 novel co-written by Don DeLillo

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

• The Amazons, a lost 1917 American silent comedy starring Marguerite Clark
• 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:Total War", an Amazon game using the popular "Rome:Total War" strategy game as game engine, depicting women warriors from fantasy and legend.
• "Amazon:Total War-Reignited", sequel to the Amazon:Total War, depicting ancient maternal societies attempting to free themselves from the yoke of men.
• Amazon, a fairy chess piece combining the queen and the knight
• Amazons (solitaire), a style of solitaire card play
• The Amazon, a playable character in the 1986 video game Pro Wrestling (Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Game of the Amazons, a 1988 board game
• Amazon: Guardians of Eden, a 1992 computer game by Access Software
• Amazon, a playable character in the 2000 computer game Diablo II
• Game of the Amazons, a game played with chess queens on a chess board.

Music

• Amazon, English title of Amazonka, a 2008 album by Ukrainian singer Ruslana

Sculpture

• Amazon statue types, a subject of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture

Television

• Amazon (1999 TV series), an adaptation of a Peter Benchley story
• Amazon (2008 TV series), a documentary about the Amazon basin
• Team Amazon, a team competing in the animated reality TV-series Total Drama World Tour

Theatre

• The Amazons, an 1895 play by Arthur Wing Pinero
• Amazon Theatre, or Teatro Amazonas, an opera house in Manaus, Brazil

Life sciences

• Amazon Lily, a plant native to Central and South America
• Amazon parrots, a large genus of parrot from the Americas
• Amazon World Zoo, a zoo on the Isle of Wight, England

Transportation

Land

• Amazon, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive run by the Great Western Railway (UK)
• Amazon, was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
• Amazon (automobile), a 1920s British cyclecar
• Volvo Amazon, a car model from Volvo produced from 1956–1970

Sea

• Amazon class frigate, four classes of frigate of the British Royal Navy
• Amazon class sloop of the British Royal Navy
• HMS Amazon, nine ships of the British Royal Navy
• RMS Amazon, two ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
• RMS Amazon (1851), a paddle steamer that burned and sank on her maiden voyage in 1852
• USS Amazon (1861), a United States Navy bark
• Amazon, a Canadian brigantine launched in 1861, best known under its rechristened name, Mary Celeste
• Amazon (yacht), a British screw schooner, built in 1885 as a steam yacht

See also

• Amazonas (disambiguation)
• 1042 Amazone, an asteroid