Amazonas

See also: amazonas

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.

Translations

state of Brazil

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞馬遜洲, 亚马孫洲 (Yàmǎxùnzhōu)

• Danish: Amazonas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Amazonas (no)

• Portuguese: Amazonas (pt)
• Russian: Амазо́нас (Amazónas)
• Spanish: Amazonas (es)

department of Colombia

• Danish: Amazonas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Amazonas (no)

• Portuguese: Amazonas (pt)
• Spanish: Amazonas (es)

region of Peru

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Amazonas (no)

• Portuguese: Amazonas (pt)
• Spanish: Amazonas (es)

state of Venezuela

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Amazonas (no)

• Portuguese: Amazonas (pt)
• Spanish: Amazonas (es)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈt͡soːnas/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Amazonas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Amazonas)

1. Amazon (a river in South America)

Declension

Declension of Amazonas [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Amazonas
genitive	eines	des	Amazonas
dative	einem	dem	Amazonas
accusative	einen	den	Amazonas

Further reading

• “Amazonas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Amazonas, Fluss” in Duden online
• “Amazonas, Bundesstaat” in Duden online

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amazonas

1. Amazon (river)

Declension

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

• amazonasi

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈzõ.nɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈzõ.nɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.maˈzõ.nɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈzo.nas/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈzo.nɐʃ/

• Audio (BR)

  (file)

Proper noun

Amazonas m or f pl

1. Amazon (a river in northern South America)
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)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amazonas.

Related terms

• amazona
• amazonense (demonym)
• Amazônia

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /amaˈθonas/ [a.maˈθo.nas]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /amaˈsonas/ [a.maˈso.nas]
• Rhymes: -onas
• Hyphenation: A‧ma‧zo‧nas

Proper noun

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

• amazonense