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Amazonas

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See also: amazonas

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese Amazonas and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Amazonas

  1. A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus.
  2. A department of Colombia.
  3. A region of Peru.
  4. A state of Venezuela.

Coordinate terms

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Translations

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Further reading

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /amaˈt͡soːnas/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Proper noun

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Amazonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amazonas)

  1. Amazon (a river in South America)

Declension

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Further reading

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Hungarian

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Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmɒzonɒs]
  • Hyphenation: Ama‧zo‧nas
  • Rhymes: -ɒs

Proper noun

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Amazonas

  1. Amazon (river)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
Possessive forms of Amazonas
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Amazonasom
2nd person sing. Amazonasod
3rd person sing. Amazonasa
1st person plural Amazonasunk
2nd person plural Amazonasotok
3rd person plural Amazonasuk

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Amazonas

  1. the Amazon, river in South America
  2. Amazonas, a state in Brazil
  3. Amazonas, a province in Colombia
  4. Amazonas, a region in Peru
  5. Amazonas, a state in Venezuela

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Amazonas m or (archaic) f pl (sometimes plural only, in variation)

  1. Amazon (a river in northern South America)
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. Amazonas (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Manaus)
    AM (abbreviation)
  3. Amazonas (a region of Peru)
  4. Amazonas (a department of Colombia)
  5. Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)
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See also

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Amazonas m

  1. Amazon (a river in Brazil)
  2. a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Manaus
  3. Amazonas (a region of Peru)
  4. Amazonas (a department of Colombia)
  5. Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ye'kwana: Amasonanña