Amazon most commonly refers to:

• The Amazons, a legendary nation of female warriors in Greek mythology, from which the name is derived
• The Amazon River in South America, the largest river in the world by volume
• Amazon.com, an American online sales company based in Seattle, Washington

Amazon can also refer to:

Geography

• The Amazon Basin, the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries
• The Amazon rainforest, also known as Amazonia, a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin
  • Amazônia Legal, the part of the Amazon jungle which is in Brazil
  • The Peruvian Amazon, the Amazon jungle in Peruvian territory
• Amazon Creek, a tributary of the Long Tom River, Eugene, Oregon, United States

People

Amazon is an eponym, derived from the legend, for any woman warrior or athlete, including:

• Amazon, nom de guerre of a Roman gladiatrix at Halicarnassus
• The Dahomey Amazons, an all-female regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey
• Amazon feminism, a branch of feminism that emphasizes female physical prowess
• The Amazonian Guard, an all-female bodyguard unit of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi
• Amazons, or les Amazones des SDF, the Takembeng female protesters of Cameroon
• The Los Angeles Amazons, a women's semi-professional American football team

Companies

• Amazon.com American multinational e-commerce company
• Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, a feminist bookstore in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1970-2012
• Amazone, brand name of Amazonen-Werke, a German manufacturer of agricultural machinery

Arts and entertainment

Books

• The Amazon (novella), a short 1866 novel by Nikolai Leskov
• Swallows and Amazons, a 1930 novel by Arthur Ransome
  • Swallows and Amazons series, series of novels by Ransome
• Amazons!, a 1979 anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
  • Amazons II, a 1982 second anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Amazons (novel), a 1980 novel co-written by Don DeLillo

Comics

• Amazon, also known as Man-Killer, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Amazon (Amalgam Comics), an amalgamation of DC's Wonder Woman and Marvel's Storm
• Amazons (DC Comics), DC Comics warrior women characters associated with Wonder Woman

Film

• The Amazons (1917 film), a 1917 American silent film based on the 1893 play by Arthur Wing Pinero
• The Amazons, alternate title of Le guerriere dal seno nudo, 1973 film by Terence Young (director)
• Amazons (1984 film), an American made-for-television thriller directed by Paul Michael Glaser
• Amazons (1986 film), an Argentine adventure fantasy
• Amazon (1997 film), a documentary about the Amazon basin
• Thor and the Amazon Women (1963 film), directed by Antonio Leonviola

Games

• Amazon (chess), a fairy chess piece combining the queen and the knight
• Game of the Amazons, a 1988 board game played with chess queens on a chess board.
• Amazons (solitaire), a style of solitaire card play

Computer games

• The Amazon, a playable character in the 1986 video game Pro Wrestling (Nintendo Entertainment System)
• Amazon: Guardians of Eden, a 1992 computer game by Access Software
• Amazon, a playable character in the 2000 computer game Diablo II

Music

• Amazon, English title of Amazonka, a 2008 album by Ukrainian singer Ruslana

Sculpture

• Amazon statue types, a subject of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture

Television

• Amazon (1999 TV series), an adaptation of a Peter Benchley story
• Amazon (2008 TV series), a documentary about the Amazon basin
• Amazon, an upcoming series on the CW Television Network

Theatre

• The Amazons (play), an 1893 play by Arthur Wing Pinero
• Amazon Theatre, or Teatro Amazonas, an opera house in Manaus, Brazil

Life sciences

• Amazon Lily, a plant native to Central and South America
• Amazon parrots, a large genus of parrot from the Americas
• Amazon World Zoo, a zoo on the Isle of Wight, England

Transportation

Land

• Amazon, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive run by the Great Western Railway in 1851
• Amazon, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built by Great Western Railway in 1892
• Amazon (automobile), a 1920s British cyclecar
• Volvo Amazon, a car model produced from 1956–1970
• Amazon, class 47 diesel locomotive no: D1675 (later 47089), used on British Rail from April 1965 to June 1987

Sea

• Amazon class frigate, four classes of frigate of the British Royal Navy
• Amazon class sloop of the British Royal Navy
• HMS Amazon, nine ships of the British Royal Navy
• RMS Amazon, two ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
• RMS Amazon (1851), a paddle steamer that burned and sank on her maiden voyage in 1852
• USS Amazon (1861), a United States Navy bark
• Amazon, a Canadian brigantine launched in 1861, best known under its rechristened name, Mary Celeste
• Amazon (yacht), a British screw schooner, built in 1885 as a steam yacht

See also

• Amazonas (disambiguation), for provinces and states named after the Amazon River
• 1042 Amazone, an asteroid