Amazonian

See also: amazon and amazonian

English

From Amazon +‎ -ian.

Amazonian (comparative more Amazonian, superlative most Amazonian)

Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.
Having to do with the Amazon River in South America, and its surrounding region.
Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period.
(of a woman) Very tall, strong and athletic.
Women's Tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques.
Requiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty; Herculean.
- 1981 April 18, Michael Bronski, “Good Production ― Bad Play”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
  It's to their credit that they are capable of such "transformations," as well as performing the amazonian task of surviving and working as a small theater.
- 2004 July 15, Leslie Feinberg, “Roots of Russian 'homosexual subculture'”, in Workers World‎:
  Russian capitalism created an exploited economic class that was up against these common enemies at every turn and was forced to take on the Amazonian task of battling class rule, its ideology and state.

having to do with the Amazon River

of or relating to the Amazons

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Amazonian (plural Amazonians)

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