Амазония
Russian
Etymology
From Spanish Río Amazonas (“Amazon River”) + -ия (-ija), said to have been named by Francisco de Orellana, early explorer of the river, due to an attack on his party by a mixed group of male and female warriors. See English Amazon.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Амазо́ния • (Amazónija) f inan (genitive Амазо́нии)
- the Amazon basin (geographic region drained by the Amazon River)
Declension
Declension of Амазо́ния (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Амазо́ния Amazónija |
| genitive | Амазо́нии Amazónii |
| dative | Амазо́нии Amazónii |
| accusative | Амазо́нию Amazóniju |
| instrumental | Амазо́нией, Амазо́ниею Amazónijej, Amazónijeju |
| prepositional | Амазо́нии Amazónii |
Derived terms
- Амазо́нка (Amazónka)
- амазо́нский (amazónskij)
Related terms
- амазо́нка (amazónka)
Categories:
- Russian terms derived from Spanish
- Russian terms suffixed with -ия
- Russian 5-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian proper nouns
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian i-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian i-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
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