Amazonas

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon.

Amazonas

2. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus.
4. A department of Colombia. Capital: Leticia.
6. A region of Peru. Capital: Chachapoyas.
8. A state of Venezuela. Capital: Puerto Ayacucho.

• Category:Amazonas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Amazonas on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Amazonas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /amaˈt͡soːnas/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Amazonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amazonas)

1. Amazon (a river in South America)

• “Amazonas”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “Amazonas, Fluss” in Duden online
• “Amazonas, Bundesstaat” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmɒzonɒs]
• Rhymes: -ɒs
• Hyphenation: Ama‧zo‧nas
• Syllabification: A‧ma‧zo‧nas

Amazonas

1. Amazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil)

Amazonas

1. the Amazon, river in South America
2. Amazonas, a state in Brazil
3. Amazonas, a province in Colombia
4. Amazonas, a region in Peru
5. Amazonas, a state in Venezuela

Borrowed from Spanish Amazonas.

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -õnɐs, (Portugal) -onɐʃ
• Homophone: amazonas
• Hyphenation: A‧ma‧zo‧nas

Amazonas m or (archaic) f pl (sometimes plural only, in variation, demonym amazônico or amazonense)

1. Amazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic)

   Alternative form: (obsolete) Almazonas

   • 1826, Academia das ciências de Lisboa, Collecçao de noticias para a historia e geografia das naçoes ultramarinas, que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes sao visinhas..., Typografia da mesma Academia, page 9:

     Deste canal lança o Amazonas pela terra dentro aquella porção de agoa, que junta com a referida do Akeky fórma o rio deste nome, que dá entrada para o' Amazonas pela bocca do Xingú.

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Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)

1. Amazonas (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Manaus)

   Synonym: (abbreviation) AM

2. Amazonas (a department of Colombia)
3. Amazonas (a region of Peru)
4. Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)

• IPA^(key): /amaˈθonas/ [a.maˈθo.nas] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /amaˈsonas/ [a.maˈso.nas] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -onas
• Syllabification: A‧ma‧zo‧nas
• Homophone: amazonas

The hydronym comes from amazonas (“Amazons”), after the reports that Francisco de Orellana encountered and fought female warriors during his expedition.^[1] The other toponyms were named after the river.

Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)

1. Amazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Marañón

2. Amazonas (a department of Colombia)
3. Amazonas (a region of Peru)
4. Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)

• → Portuguese: Amazonas
• →⇒ Ye'kwana: Amasonanña

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Amazonas.

Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)

1. Amazonas (a state of the North Region, Brazil)