Amazonas
See also: amazonas
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Amazonas, related to English Amazon.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas
- A state of the North Region, Brazil. Capital: Manaus.
- A department of Colombia. Capital: Leticia.
- A region of Peru. Capital: Chachapoyas.
- A state of Venezuela. Capital: Puerto Ayacucho.
Coordinate terms
[edit]states of Braziledit
Translations
[edit]state of Brazil
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department of Colombia
region of Peru
state of Venezuela
Further reading
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Category:Amazonas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Amazonas on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Amazonas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amazonas)
- Amazon (a river in South America)
Declension
[edit]| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Amazonas |
| genitive | eines | des | Amazonas |
| dative | einem | dem | Amazonas |
| accusative | einen | den | Amazonas |
Further reading
[edit]- “Amazonas”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)
- “Amazonas, Fluss” in Duden online
- “Amazonas, Bundesstaat” in Duden online
Hungarian
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Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas
- Amazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil)
Declension
[edit]| 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 | — |
| 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
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
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Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas
- the Amazon, river in South America
- Amazonas, a state in Brazil
- Amazonas, a province in Colombia
- Amazonas, a region in Peru
- Amazonas, a state in Venezuela
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Amazonas.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Brazil): (file) - Rhymes: (Brazil) -õnɐs, (Portugal) -onɐʃ
- Homophone: amazonas
- Hyphenation: A‧ma‧zo‧nas
Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas m or (archaic) f pl (sometimes plural only, in variation, demonym amazônico or amazonense)
- Amazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic)
- 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)
Related terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)
- Amazonas (a state of the North Region, Brazil; capital: Manaus)
- Synonym: (abbreviation) AM
- Amazonas (a department of Colombia)
- Amazonas (a region of Peru)
- Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)
See also
[edit]Spanish
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /amaˈθonas/ [a.maˈθo.nas] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /amaˈsonas/ [a.maˈso.nas] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -onas
- Syllabification: A‧ma‧zo‧nas
- Homophone: amazonas
Etymology 1
[edit]The hydronym comes from amazonas (“Amazons”), after the reports that Francisco de Orellana encountered and fought female warriors during his expedition.[1] The other toponyms were named after the river.
Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)
- Amazon (a river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic)
- Amazonas (a department of Colombia)
- Amazonas (a region of Peru)
- Amazonas (a state of Venezuela)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Portuguese: Amazonas
- →⇒ Ye'kwana: Amasonanña
Etymology 2
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Amazonas.
Proper noun
[edit]Amazonas m (demonym amazonense)
- Amazonas (a state of the North Region, Brazil)
References
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Old Persian
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- en:Amazonas, Brazil
- en:States of Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- en:Departments of Colombia
- en:Places in Colombia
- en:Regions of Peru
- en:Places in Peru
- en:States of Venezuela
- en:Places in Venezuela
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- de:Rivers in South America
- German uncountable nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒs
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒs/4 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Rivers in South America
- hu:Places in Brazil
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with Z
- nb:Rivers
- nb:South America
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/õnɐs
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/onɐʃ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/onɐʃ/4 syllables
- Portuguese terms with homophones
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- pt:Rivers in South America
- pt:Places in Brazil
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- pt:Amazonas, Brazil
- pt:States of Brazil
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- pt:Places in Colombia
- pt:Regions of Peru
- pt:Places in Peru
- pt:States of Venezuela
- pt:Places in Venezuela
- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/onas
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- es:Rivers in South America
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- es:States of Venezuela
- es:Places in Venezuela
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- es:Amazonas, Brazil
- es:States of Brazil