Amazonas
English

Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Latin#AMAZONASCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#AMAZONASCategory:English terms derived from Old Persian#AMAZONASBorrowed from PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#AMAZONASCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#AMAZONASCategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#AMAZONAS and SpanishCategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#AMAZONASCategory:English terms borrowed from Spanish#AMAZONASCategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#AMAZONASCategory:English terms derived from Spanish#AMAZONAS Amazonas, related to English Amazon.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
AmazonasCategory:English lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:English proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:English uncountable nouns#AMAZONASCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS
- A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: ManausCategory:en:Amazonas, Brazil#AMAZONASCategory:en:States of Brazil#AMAZONASCategory:en:Places in Brazil#AMAZONAS.
- A department of Colombia. Capital: LeticiaCategory:en:Departments of Colombia#AMAZONASCategory:en:Places in Colombia#AMAZONAS.
- A region of Peru. Capital: ChachapoyasCategory:en:Regions of Peru#AMAZONASCategory:en:Places in Peru#AMAZONAS.
- A state of Venezuela. Capital: Puerto AyacuchoCategory:en:States of Venezuela#AMAZONASCategory:en:Places in Venezuela#AMAZONAS.
Coordinate terms
Translations
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Further reading
Category:Amazonas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Amazonas on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Amazonas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amazonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amazonas)Category:German lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:German proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:German masculine nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS
Declension
Further reading
- “Amazonas”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
- “Amazonas, Fluss” in Duden online
- “Amazonas, Bundesstaat” in Duden online
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmɒzonɒs]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#AMAZONASCategory:Hungarian terms with manual IPA pronunciation#AMAZONAS
- Rhymes: -ɒsCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒs#AMAZONASCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒs/4 syllables#AMAZONAS
- Hyphenation: Ama‧zo‧nas
- Syllabification: A‧ma‧zo‧nas
Proper noun
AmazonasCategory:Hungarian lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:Hungarian proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS
- Amazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil)Category:hu:Rivers in South America#AMAZONASCategory:hu:Places in Brazil#AMAZONAS
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Amazonas | — |
| accusative | Amazonast | — |
| dative | Amazonasnak | — |
| instrumental | Amazonasszal | — |
| causal-final | Amazonasért | — |
| translative | Amazonasszá | — |
| terminative | Amazonasig | — |
| essive-formal | Amazonasként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Amazonasban | — |
| superessive | Amazonason | — |
| adessive | Amazonasnál | — |
| illative | Amazonasba | — |
| sublative | Amazonasra | — |
| allative | Amazonashoz | — |
| elative | Amazonasból | — |
| delative | Amazonasról | — |
| ablative | Amazonastól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Amazonasé | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Amazonaséi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Amazonasom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Amazonasod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | AmazonasaCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#AMAZONASCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#AMAZONAS | — |
| 1st person plural | Amazonasunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Amazonasotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | AmazonasukCategory:Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks#AMAZONASCategory:Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters#AMAZONAS | — |
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
AmazonasCategory:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with Z#AMAZONASCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS
- the Amazon, river in South America
- Amazonas, a state in Brazil
- Amazonas, a province in Colombia
- Amazonas, a region in Peru
- Amazonas, a state in Venezuela
Portuguese

Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Amazonas.
Category:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Spanish#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese entries with etymology texts#AMAZONASPronunciation
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#AMAZONASAudio (Brazil): (file) - Rhymes: (Brazil) -õnɐs, (Portugal) -onɐʃCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õnɐs#AMAZONASCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/õnɐs/4 syllables#AMAZONASCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/onɐʃ#AMAZONASCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/onɐʃ/4 syllables#AMAZONAS
- Homophone: amazonasCategory:Portuguese terms with homophones#AMAZONAS
- Hyphenation: A‧ma‧zo‧nas
Proper noun
Amazonas m or (archaic) f pl (sometimes plural only, in variation, demonym amazônico or amazonense)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese nouns with multiple genders#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese pluralia tantum#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS
- Category:pt:Rivers in South America#AMAZONASAmazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic)Category:pt:Rivers in South America#AMAZONASCategory:pt:Places in Brazil#AMAZONAS
- 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.Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#AMAZONASCategory:Requests for translations of Portuguese quotations#AMAZONAS
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Proper noun
Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)Category:Portuguese lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese uncountable proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS
- Amazonas (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Manaus)Category:pt:Amazonas, Brazil#AMAZONASCategory:pt:Amazonas, Brazil#AMAZONASCategory:pt:States of Brazil#AMAZONASCategory:pt:Places in Brazil#AMAZONAS
- Synonym: (abbreviation) AM
- Amazonas (a department of Colombia)Category:pt:Departments of Colombia#AMAZONASCategory:pt:Places in Colombia#AMAZONAS
- Amazonas (a region of Peru)Category:pt:Regions of Peru#AMAZONASCategory:pt:Places in Peru#AMAZONAS
- Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)Category:pt:States of Venezuela#AMAZONASCategory:pt:Places in Venezuela#AMAZONAS
See also
Spanish



Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaˈθonas/ [a.maˈθo.nas] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#AMAZONAS
- IPA(key): /amaˈsonas/ [a.maˈso.nas] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#AMAZONAS
- Rhymes: -onasCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/onas#AMAZONASCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/onas/4 syllables#AMAZONAS
- Syllabification: A‧ma‧zo‧nas
- Homophone: amazonasCategory:Spanish terms with homophones#AMAZONAS
Etymology 1
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.
Proper noun
Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)Category:Spanish lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS
- Category:es:Rivers in South America#AMAZONASAmazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic)Category:es:Rivers in South America#AMAZONASCategory:es:Places in Brazil#AMAZONAS
- Amazonas (a department of Colombia)Category:es:Departments of Colombia#AMAZONASCategory:es:Places in Colombia#AMAZONAS
- Amazonas (a region of Peru)Category:es:Regions of Peru#AMAZONASCategory:es:Places in Peru#AMAZONAS
- Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)Category:es:States of Venezuela#AMAZONASCategory:es:Places in Venezuela#AMAZONAS
Related terms
Descendants
- → Portuguese: Amazonas
- →⇒ Ye'kwana: Amasonanña
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Brazilian PortugueseCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish terms derived from Brazilian Portuguese#AMAZONAS Amazonas.
Proper noun
Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)Category:Spanish lemmas#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish uncountable proper nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#AMAZONASCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with entries#AMAZONASCategory:Pages with 6 entries#AMAZONAS

