Amazonian

Amazonian
Amazonian Am`a*zo"ni*an, a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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