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# amazon

«amazon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a huge river in South America and the great rainforest…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the Amazon — a river and rainforest; Amazon — a company; an amazon — a strong woman warrior)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The Amazon is a huge river in South America and the great rainforest around it, the largest rainforest in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#m1)

2) Amazon is a big company that sells things online and delivers them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#m2)

3) In Greek stories, the Amazons were a tribe of strong women warriors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science, the Amazon rainforest is studied for its many animals and plants, its rain and its importance for the air and climate; it is being cut down, which harms nature. In everyday life, Amazon is a shop people order from online. In myths, Amazons are brave fighters. Phrases: the Amazon rainforest, the Amazon River, order from Amazon.

### examples

- The Amazon River flows across Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x1)
- Jaguars, sloths and toucans live in the Amazon rainforest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x2)
- Many trees in the Amazon are cut down each year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x3)
- Mum ordered a new lunchbox from Amazon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x4)
- The parcel from Amazon came the next day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x5)
- In the Greek story, the Amazons were fierce warriors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x6)
- The Amazon carries more water than any other river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x7)
- But Hera, his implacable enemy, assuming the form of an Amazon, spread the report in the town that a stranger was about to carry off their queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/#x8)

### note

It is a name, so write it with a capital letter: the Amazon. The river and rainforest take the: the Amazon; the company has no the. Myth: the Amazon is often called the lungs of the Earth, but much of the oxygen we breathe comes from tiny ocean plants too. Never share passwords or buy online without a grown-up.

### In the corpora

- [Every rainy season the Amazon rises by up to ten metres or more and floods huge areas of forest for months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/155-the-amazon-river/5/)
- [The Amazon carries about a fifth of all the river water that flows into the world's seas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/155-the-amazon-river/14/)
- [The black caiman is the biggest predator of the Amazon, over four metres long, and hunts fish and capybaras at night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/158-amazon-giants-and-tall-tales/7/)
- [«Turbid» means muddy and cloudy; Kipling calls the Amazon «the turbid Amazon» again and again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/13/)
- [Real life: hedgehogs live in Europe, Asia and Africa, not by the Amazon in South America.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «amazon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amazon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.