Amazonianadj.¹n.¹

Brit.

/ˌaməˈzəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/ˌæməˈzoʊniən/

Forms: 1500s– Amazonian, 1600s Amasonian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Amazonius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Amazonius connected with, or consisting of, Amazons, descended from an Amazon, (of weapons, etc.) such as the Amazons used ( < Amazōn Amazon n. + -ius , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare Byzantine Greek Ἀμαζόνιος . Compare Middle French, French †amazonien , adjective (16th cent.). Compare slightly earlier Amazonical adj.Compare also Spanish †amazonio , adjective (1580) and the foreign-language forms cited at Amazonic adj.

A. adj.¹

a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an Amazon (Amazon n. 1a). Also: designating an Amazon.

ΚΠ

1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx lii. sig. T4^v Armed much to the Amazonian fashion, she seemed more warlike then Penthisilea.

1594 Taming of a Shrew sig. E3^v Like to the warlike Amazonian Queene, Pentheselea Hectors paramore.

1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. F Tis an Amazonian time, you shall haue women shortly treade their husbands.

1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. II. 284/1 The figure of a rhomb, placed erect, pointways; being the figure of an Amazonian shield.

1876 W. W. Fowler Frontier Women iv. 94 Mrs. Merrill, with Amazonian courage and strength, grasped a large axe and killed, or badly wounded, four of the enemy in succession.

1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet i. 11 There is something vaguely comforting in the Amazonian height and breadth of Tosh.

1995 New York 15 May 31/1 She's a combination of Amazonian strength, Olympian omnipotence, and Emersonian self-reliance.

b. Of a woman: resembling an Amazon (Amazon n. 1a); fierce, courageous; (now esp.) very strong, tall, or athletic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > man-like woman

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective]

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Hunnish1915

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [adjective] > characteristic of athlete

Amazonian1595

athletic1644

gymnastic1785

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. iv. 115 To triumph like an Amazonian trull Vpon his woes.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 200 The women [of Sumatra] are for courage, Amazonian.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 103 Behold the strutting Amazonian Whore, She stands in Guard with her right Foot before.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iii. 332 That Amazonian Fair having overthrown and bestrid her Enemy, was now cuffing him lustily with both her Hands.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. vi. 371 His amazonian lady, half the head taller than himself.

1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty xii. 247 She took a fierce and childish pride in doing all the things that the Amazonian Polish farm wives did.

1997 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 2 A bunch of Amazonian women..hurling themselves about in most ungirly pursuits.

2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 268/1 Your inner Amazonian woman will get a serious workout and your confidence and strategy skills will be put to the test.

B. n.¹

Originally: a member of a mythical race of female warriors; = Amazon n. 1a. Later also: a female warrior or soldier, resembling or reminiscent of a mythical Amazon (see Amazon n. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > female warrior

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Amazon1578

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fighteress1864

1595 A. Munday tr. First Bk. Primaleon xviii. 143 Achilles esteemed that one of his most signall victories which he obtained against Penthasilia the Queene of Amazonians [Fr. des Amazones].

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. i. 79 Most dreaded Amazonian, that ha'st slaine The Sith-tuskd-Bore.

1662 Duchess of Newcastle Bell in Campo ii. i. i. in Playes Written 609 The Generals Lady the Lady Victoria, caused her Amazonians to march towards the Masculine Army.

a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 55 His Hydra, the Amazonians, and the Hellish Cerberus.

1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) I. v. 262 One while we are transmogrified into milk-maids—then into a kind of Amazonians.

a1834 J. Wetherell Adventures (1994) 252 I mounted the baggage and like a Grave Amazonian followed my heart's delight.

1905 Korea Rev. May 177 The women of Qaelpart might be called the Amazonians of Korea.

1974 M. Bensimon in R. S. Kinsman Darker Vision of Renaissance viii. 254 Women are portrayed sword in hand, whether they are Amazonians, well-armed virgins, priestesses, or witches.

1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1997) 582 The government of Samarkand was taken over by those Amazonians whom Shah Zaman had victimized.

Derivatives

Amaˈzonianism n. the fact or condition of women being dominant over men; belief in or support of this; = Amazonism n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of women

gynarchy1587

gyneocracy1611

gynaecocracy1612

petticoat government1699

gynocracy1728

Amazonianism1826

Amazonism1828

1826 W. Bailey Rec. Patriotism & Love of Country 154 Transmitting their generous Amazonianism in the simple but impressive colloquy by which those of South America are now handing down their heroines to all posterity.

1909 W. J. Locke Septimus ii She had done with men... In that she prided herself on her Amazonianism.

2002 M. Davis New Culture of Desire ii. v. 123 Raging Amazonianism is a lot more entertaining than the old days of protest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

Amazonianadj.²n.²

Brit. /ˌaməˈzəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌæməˈzoʊniən/

Etymology: < Amazonis, the name of an area of Mars (named in Italian form Amazonide by G. V. Schiaparelli 1878, in Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei: Mem. della Classe di Sci. Fis., Mat. e Nat. 2 375), where features of this age are prominent + -ian suffix, after Amazonian adj.¹

Astron.

A. adj.²

Relating to or designating the most recent of three geological time periods assigned to Mars, which began some 2 to 3 billion years ago; (also) designating the geomorphological features dating from this period, which are varied but include a low number of meteorite impact craters. Cf. Hesperian adj.², Noachian adj.²

ΚΠ

1978 D. H. Scott & M. H. Carr Geologic Map Mars Channel deposits transect Amazonian cratered plains.

1984 NASA Techn. Memorandum 86246 296 The youngest martian materials (Amazonian System)..consist of lava and pyroclastic flows.

1986 Jrnl. Geophysical Res. B 91 e143/1 Smooth plains material in Amazonis Planitia, which characterizes the Amazonian System..was shown to be composed of five overlapping members.

2003 Planetary & Space Sci. 52 13 Terrains ranging from Noachian highland..to Amazonian smooth plains.

B. n.²

The Amazonian period. Cf. Hesperian n.², Noachian n.

ΚΠ

1978 D. H. Scott & M. H. Carr Geologic Map Mars The prominent topographically fresh volcanoes of the Tharsis region..are..assigned..to the Amazonian.

1986 Jrnl. Geophysical Res. B 91 e154/2 During the Early Amazonian, large floods..and lava flows emanated from the northwestern Elysium Fossae into Utopia Planitia.

1990 Icarus 88 465 Crater frequencies and stratigraphic relations indicate that the unit is very young—Upper Amazonian.

2000 Science (Nexis) 8 Dec. 1927 The Noachian is regarded here to have occurred before 3.5 billion years ago, and the Amazonian, after anywhere from 3.5 to 1.8 billion years ago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

Amazonianadj.²n.²

Brit.

/ˌaməˈzəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/ˌæməˈzoʊniən/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Amazon , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of the Amazon River (see Amazon n.) + -ian suffix.In quot. 1605 after Middle French Amazonide (1583 in the passage translated; 1580 with reference to the Amazons of classical mythology).

A. adj.²

Designating the Amazon river; of or relating to this river or its basin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > specific rivers > [adjective]

Pactolian1586

Amazonian1605

Gangic1606

Gangetic1625

Gambian1750

Thamesian1859

Indo-Gangetic1880

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 79 The Darian, Plate, and Amazonian Riuer [Fr. L'Amazonide flot], Where Spanish Locusts cool their thirstie liuer.

1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum 42 A bundle of Tobacco, Amazonian.

1797 tr. J. B. Muñoz Hist. New World v. 419 Ten women, on whom several marks appeared which answered to the description of the pretended Amazonian race.

1825 London Mechanics' Reg. 24 Sept. 366 Tracing on a map of South America the most southerly source of the great Amazonian river.

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. i. 20 All the Amazonian species are far smaller in size and more obscure in colour than those inhabiting Northern Europe.

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo ii. 15 Specialized feeding habits which limit its food exclusively to Amazonian water weed.

2008 Vanity Fair Sept. 264/3 He would accompany his father, an entomologist, to buy collection boxes before trips to Borneo or the Amazonian jungle.

B. n.²

A member of any of various indigenous peoples living near the Amazon river or in the Amazon basin. Cf. Amazonian Indian n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America

Patagona1544

Mochica1581

Arawak1596

Arawakan1596

Tapuia1613

Quechua1688

Galibi1698

Abipon1717

Pehuenche1756

Patagonian1767

Amazonian Indian1769

Warao1769

Tehuelche1774

Abiponian1786

two-finger1796

Guarani1797

Shipibo1805

Araucanian1809

Tupinamba1810

Muisca1814

Pampas Indian1820

Guaycuru1822

Lengua1822

Fuegian1825

Wapishana1836

Wai Wai1840

Yucatec1843

Tupi1845

Tupi-Guarani1850

Amazonian1858

Aymara1860

Jivaro1862

Lokono1868

Quechuan1871

Yucatecan1871

Yunca1871

Mapuche1876

Chibcha1877

Ona1884

Yahgan1884

Terena1891

Xavante1904

urubu1948

Saramaccan1959

Yanomamö1965

Mochican1967

1858 R. M. Ballantyne Martin Rattler xiv. 163 The Amazonians are lazy, and the greater part of the resources of one of the richest countries in the world is totally neglected.

1900 J. Deniker Races of Man xiii. 544 The Amazonians..still go almost naked, and adorn themselves with feathers.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 435/1 The Amazonians occupy a substantial portion of South America, essentially that of the Amazon basin, with the Andes and the Chaco as western and southern limits.

1989 S. B. Hecht & A. Cockburn Fate of Forest iv. 63 Maury..held the view common to nineteenth- and indeed twentieth-century First Worlders that the Amazonians were a shiftless bunch, incapable of developing their region.

2017 A. C. RooseVelt in F. Armstrong-Fumero & J. H. Gutierrez Legacies Space & Intangible Heritage x. 201 Amazonians have maintained high levels of sustainability and a high quality of habitat and human health over more than 13,000 years.

Compounds

Amazonian Indian n. a member of any of various indigenous peoples living near the Amazon river or in the Amazon basin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America

Patagona1544

Mochica1581

Arawak1596

Arawakan1596

Tapuia1613

Quechua1688

Galibi1698

Abipon1717

Pehuenche1756

Patagonian1767

Amazonian Indian1769

Warao1769

Tehuelche1774

Abiponian1786

two-finger1796

Guarani1797

Shipibo1805

Araucanian1809

Tupinamba1810

Muisca1814

Pampas Indian1820

Guaycuru1822

Lengua1822

Fuegian1825

Wapishana1836

Wai Wai1840

Yucatec1843

Tupi1845

Tupi-Guarani1850

Amazonian1858

Aymara1860

Jivaro1862

Lokono1868

Quechuan1871

Yucatecan1871

Yunca1871

Mapuche1876

Chibcha1877

Ona1884

Yahgan1884

Terena1891

Xavante1904

urubu1948

Saramaccan1959

Yanomamö1965

Mochican1967

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana iii. 292 The Poison of the Peruvian and Amazonian Indians must be different from that of the Indians on the Coast of Guiana.

1860 M. Reid Odd People 46 It would be idle here to discuss the question as to whether the Amazonian Indians have all a common origin.

1989 S. B. Hecht & A. Cockburn Fate of Forest i. 2 Some 200,000 Amazonian Indians remain today, as against the six to twelve million inhabitants of the Amazon in 1492.

2016 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 6 Aug. 36 What makes this feature unique is that it tries to tell the story of the conquest and degradation of the Amazonian Indians from an indigenous perspective.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

adj.¹n.¹1584

adj.²n.²1978

单词	amazonian
释义	Amazonianadj.¹n.¹ Brit. /ˌaməˈzəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌæməˈzoʊniən/ Forms: 1500s– Amazonian, 1600s Amasonian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Amazonius , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Amazonius connected with, or consisting of, Amazons, descended from an Amazon, (of weapons, etc.) such as the Amazons used ( < Amazōn Amazon n. + -ius , suffix forming adjectives) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare Byzantine Greek Ἀμαζόνιος . Compare Middle French, French †amazonien , adjective (16th cent.). Compare slightly earlier Amazonical adj.Compare also Spanish †amazonio , adjective (1580) and the foreign-language forms cited at Amazonic adj. A. adj.¹ a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an Amazon (Amazon n. 1a). Also: designating an Amazon. ΚΠ 1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx lii. sig. T4^v Armed much to the Amazonian fashion, she seemed more warlike then Penthisilea. 1594 Taming of a Shrew sig. E3^v Like to the warlike Amazonian Queene, Pentheselea Hectors paramore. 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. F Tis an Amazonian time, you shall haue women shortly treade their husbands. 1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. II. 284/1 The figure of a rhomb, placed erect, pointways; being the figure of an Amazonian shield. 1876 W. W. Fowler Frontier Women iv. 94 Mrs. Merrill, with Amazonian courage and strength, grasped a large axe and killed, or badly wounded, four of the enemy in succession. 1930 ‘H. Z. Smith’ Not so Quiet i. 11 There is something vaguely comforting in the Amazonian height and breadth of Tosh. 1995 New York 15 May 31/1 She's a combination of Amazonian strength, Olympian omnipotence, and Emersonian self-reliance. b. Of a woman: resembling an Amazon (Amazon n. 1a); fierce, courageous; (now esp.) very strong, tall, or athletic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > man-like woman mannisha1425 manlyc1511 mankind1566 Amazonical1582 Amazonian1595 virago1598 manlike1605 masculine1611 viraginian1642 viraginous1667 Amazonic1782 strong-minded1843 andromorphous1865 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adjective] grimlyc893 wrothc893 reighOE grima1000 grillc1175 witherc1175 grimfula1240 sturdy1297 wild1297 fiercea1300 man-keenc1300 stoutc1300 cruelc1330 fell?c1335 wicked1375 felonousc1386 felona1400 cursedc1400 runishc1400 keen?c1425 roid?c1425 wolvishc1430 ranishc1450 malicious1485 mankind1519 mannish1530 lionish1549 truculent?c1550 lion-like1556 tigerish?1573 tiger-like1587 truculental1593 Amazonian1595 tigerous1597 feral1604 fierceful1607 efferous1614 lionly1631 tigerly1633 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 blusterous1663 wolfish1674 boarisha1718 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 wolfy1828 savagerous1832 hawkish1841 tigery1859 attern1868 Hunnish1915 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [adjective] > characteristic of athlete Amazonian1595 athletic1644 gymnastic1785 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. iv. 115 To triumph like an Amazonian trull Vpon his woes. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 200 The women [of Sumatra] are for courage, Amazonian. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 103 Behold the strutting Amazonian Whore, She stands in Guard with her right Foot before. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. ix. iii. 332 That Amazonian Fair having overthrown and bestrid her Enemy, was now cuffing him lustily with both her Hands. View more context for this quotation 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. vi. 371 His amazonian lady, half the head taller than himself. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty xii. 247 She took a fierce and childish pride in doing all the things that the Amazonian Polish farm wives did. 1997 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 2 A bunch of Amazonian women..hurling themselves about in most ungirly pursuits. 2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 268/1 Your inner Amazonian woman will get a serious workout and your confidence and strategy skills will be put to the test. B. n.¹ Originally: a member of a mythical race of female warriors; = Amazon n. 1a. Later also: a female warrior or soldier, resembling or reminiscent of a mythical Amazon (see Amazon n. 1b). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [noun] > female warrior viragoa1387 Zamazima1400 warriorc1400 viragin1558 Amazon1578 barratress1582 warrioress1594 Amazonian1595 Amazonite1601 viragon1641 bellatrice1656 shield-maiden1849 shieldmay1849 shield-maid1851 fighteress1864 1595 A. Munday tr. First Bk. Primaleon xviii. 143 Achilles esteemed that one of his most signall victories which he obtained against Penthasilia the Queene of Amazonians [Fr. des Amazones]. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. i. 79 Most dreaded Amazonian, that ha'st slaine The Sith-tuskd-Bore. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Bell in Campo ii. i. i. in Playes Written 609 The Generals Lady the Lady Victoria, caused her Amazonians to march towards the Masculine Army. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 55 His Hydra, the Amazonians, and the Hellish Cerberus. 1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) I. v. 262 One while we are transmogrified into milk-maids—then into a kind of Amazonians. a1834 J. Wetherell Adventures (1994) 252 I mounted the baggage and like a Grave Amazonian followed my heart's delight. 1905 Korea Rev. May 177 The women of Qaelpart might be called the Amazonians of Korea. 1974 M. Bensimon in R. S. Kinsman Darker Vision of Renaissance viii. 254 Women are portrayed sword in hand, whether they are Amazonians, well-armed virgins, priestesses, or witches. 1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1997) 582 The government of Samarkand was taken over by those Amazonians whom Shah Zaman had victimized. Derivatives Amaˈzonianism n. the fact or condition of women being dominant over men; belief in or support of this; = Amazonism n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of women gynarchy1587 gyneocracy1611 gynaecocracy1612 petticoat government1699 gynocracy1728 Amazonianism1826 Amazonism1828 1826 W. Bailey Rec. Patriotism & Love of Country 154 Transmitting their generous Amazonianism in the simple but impressive colloquy by which those of South America are now handing down their heroines to all posterity. 1909 W. J. Locke Septimus ii She had done with men... In that she prided herself on her Amazonianism. 2002 M. Davis New Culture of Desire ii. v. 123 Raging Amazonianism is a lot more entertaining than the old days of protest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). Amazonianadj.²n.² Brit. /ˌaməˈzəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌæməˈzoʊniən/ Etymology: < Amazonis, the name of an area of Mars (named in Italian form Amazonide by G. V. Schiaparelli 1878, in Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei: Mem. della Classe di Sci. Fis., Mat. e Nat. 2 375), where features of this age are prominent + -ian suffix, after Amazonian adj.¹ Astron. A. adj.² Relating to or designating the most recent of three geological time periods assigned to Mars, which began some 2 to 3 billion years ago; (also) designating the geomorphological features dating from this period, which are varied but include a low number of meteorite impact craters. Cf. Hesperian adj.², Noachian adj.² ΚΠ 1978 D. H. Scott & M. H. Carr Geologic Map Mars Channel deposits transect Amazonian cratered plains. 1984 NASA Techn. Memorandum 86246 296 The youngest martian materials (Amazonian System)..consist of lava and pyroclastic flows. 1986 Jrnl. Geophysical Res. B 91 e143/1 Smooth plains material in Amazonis Planitia, which characterizes the Amazonian System..was shown to be composed of five overlapping members. 2003 Planetary & Space Sci. 52 13 Terrains ranging from Noachian highland..to Amazonian smooth plains. B. n.² The Amazonian period. Cf. Hesperian n.², Noachian n. ΚΠ 1978 D. H. Scott & M. H. Carr Geologic Map Mars The prominent topographically fresh volcanoes of the Tharsis region..are..assigned..to the Amazonian. 1986 Jrnl. Geophysical Res. B 91 e154/2 During the Early Amazonian, large floods..and lava flows emanated from the northwestern Elysium Fossae into Utopia Planitia. 1990 Icarus 88 465 Crater frequencies and stratigraphic relations indicate that the unit is very young—Upper Amazonian. 2000 Science (Nexis) 8 Dec. 1927 The Noachian is regarded here to have occurred before 3.5 billion years ago, and the Amazonian, after anywhere from 3.5 to 1.8 billion years ago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online November 2010). Amazonianadj.²n.² Brit. /ˌaməˈzəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌæməˈzoʊniən/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Amazon , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of the Amazon River (see Amazon n.) + -ian suffix.In quot. 1605 after Middle French Amazonide (1583 in the passage translated; 1580 with reference to the Amazons of classical mythology). A. adj.² Designating the Amazon river; of or relating to this river or its basin. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > specific rivers > [adjective] Pactolian1586 Amazonian1605 Gangic1606 Gangetic1625 Gambian1750 Thamesian1859 Indo-Gangetic1880 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 79 The Darian, Plate, and Amazonian Riuer [Fr. L'Amazonide flot], Where Spanish Locusts cool their thirstie liuer. 1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum 42 A bundle of Tobacco, Amazonian. 1797 tr. J. B. Muñoz Hist. New World v. 419 Ten women, on whom several marks appeared which answered to the description of the pretended Amazonian race. 1825 London Mechanics' Reg. 24 Sept. 366 Tracing on a map of South America the most southerly source of the great Amazonian river. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. i. 20 All the Amazonian species are far smaller in size and more obscure in colour than those inhabiting Northern Europe. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo ii. 15 Specialized feeding habits which limit its food exclusively to Amazonian water weed. 2008 Vanity Fair Sept. 264/3 He would accompany his father, an entomologist, to buy collection boxes before trips to Borneo or the Amazonian jungle. B. n.² A member of any of various indigenous peoples living near the Amazon river or in the Amazon basin. Cf. Amazonian Indian n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America Patagona1544 Mochica1581 Arawak1596 Arawakan1596 Tapuia1613 Quechua1688 Galibi1698 Abipon1717 Pehuenche1756 Patagonian1767 Amazonian Indian1769 Warao1769 Tehuelche1774 Abiponian1786 two-finger1796 Guarani1797 Shipibo1805 Araucanian1809 Tupinamba1810 Muisca1814 Pampas Indian1820 Guaycuru1822 Lengua1822 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Yucatec1843 Tupi1845 Tupi-Guarani1850 Amazonian1858 Aymara1860 Jivaro1862 Lokono1868 Quechuan1871 Yucatecan1871 Yunca1871 Mapuche1876 Chibcha1877 Ona1884 Yahgan1884 Terena1891 Xavante1904 urubu1948 Saramaccan1959 Yanomamö1965 Mochican1967 1858 R. M. Ballantyne Martin Rattler xiv. 163 The Amazonians are lazy, and the greater part of the resources of one of the richest countries in the world is totally neglected. 1900 J. Deniker Races of Man xiii. 544 The Amazonians..still go almost naked, and adorn themselves with feathers. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 435/1 The Amazonians occupy a substantial portion of South America, essentially that of the Amazon basin, with the Andes and the Chaco as western and southern limits. 1989 S. B. Hecht & A. Cockburn Fate of Forest iv. 63 Maury..held the view common to nineteenth- and indeed twentieth-century First Worlders that the Amazonians were a shiftless bunch, incapable of developing their region. 2017 A. C. RooseVelt in F. Armstrong-Fumero & J. H. Gutierrez Legacies Space & Intangible Heritage x. 201 Amazonians have maintained high levels of sustainability and a high quality of habitat and human health over more than 13,000 years. Compounds Amazonian Indian n. a member of any of various indigenous peoples living near the Amazon river or in the Amazon basin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > Indians of South America Patagona1544 Mochica1581 Arawak1596 Arawakan1596 Tapuia1613 Quechua1688 Galibi1698 Abipon1717 Pehuenche1756 Patagonian1767 Amazonian Indian1769 Warao1769 Tehuelche1774 Abiponian1786 two-finger1796 Guarani1797 Shipibo1805 Araucanian1809 Tupinamba1810 Muisca1814 Pampas Indian1820 Guaycuru1822 Lengua1822 Fuegian1825 Wapishana1836 Wai Wai1840 Yucatec1843 Tupi1845 Tupi-Guarani1850 Amazonian1858 Aymara1860 Jivaro1862 Lokono1868 Quechuan1871 Yucatecan1871 Yunca1871 Mapuche1876 Chibcha1877 Ona1884 Yahgan1884 Terena1891 Xavante1904 urubu1948 Saramaccan1959 Yanomamö1965 Mochican1967 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana iii. 292 The Poison of the Peruvian and Amazonian Indians must be different from that of the Indians on the Coast of Guiana. 1860 M. Reid Odd People 46 It would be idle here to discuss the question as to whether the Amazonian Indians have all a common origin. 1989 S. B. Hecht & A. Cockburn Fate of Forest i. 2 Some 200,000 Amazonian Indians remain today, as against the six to twelve million inhabitants of the Amazon in 1492. 2016 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 6 Aug. 36 What makes this feature unique is that it tries to tell the story of the conquest and degradation of the Amazonian Indians from an indigenous perspective. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹n.¹1584adj.²n.²1978adj.²n.²1978
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