Amazonian
adjective
Am·a·zo·nian
ˌa-mə-ˈzō-nē-ən 
-nyən
1
: relating to, resembling, or befitting an Amazon or an amazon
2
: of or relating to the Amazon River or its valley
Examples of Amazonian in a Sentence
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Silva, the daughter of an Amazonian rubber tapper, is a bespectacled woman with an ethereal presence who has spent decades leading efforts to safeguard Brazil’s wilderness.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Researchers discovered the Amazonian dolphin fossil in 2018, near the Napo River in Loreto, Peru.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The Amazonian manatee can be found in the Amazon River, while the African manatee lives along the west coast and rivers of Africa.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Here, Amazonia Bar captivates with its fusion of Peruvian and Amazonian flavors.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2024
International companies hungry for carbon offsets have paid big money for biochar made using pre-Columbian Amazonian production techniques.
—Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
For example, within just this group of treefrogs (genus Scinax), six new Amazonian species were unveiled between 2014 and 2018 during remote field expeditions.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
At Nayara Tented Camp in Costa Rica, the Rite of the Womb ritual, based on initiation traditions of Amazonian and Andean shamans, is offered to women who are pregnant, entering menopause, or have had hysterectomies.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2024
That’s despite the fact that its protagonist is mostly soft-spoken, reticent and reserved throughout — nothing like the warrior queens and Amazonian figures popular cinema loves to laud as female role models.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Researchers discovered the Amazonian dolphin fossil in 2018, near the Napo River in Loreto, Peru.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
The Amazonian manatee can be found in the Amazon River, while the African manatee lives along the west coast and rivers of Africa.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Here, Amazonia Bar captivates with its fusion of Peruvian and Amazonian flavors.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2024
International companies hungry for carbon offsets have paid big money for biochar made using pre-Columbian Amazonian production techniques.
—Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
For example, within just this group of treefrogs (genus Scinax), six new Amazonian species were unveiled between 2014 and 2018 during remote field expeditions.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
At Nayara Tented Camp in Costa Rica, the Rite of the Womb ritual, based on initiation traditions of Amazonian and Andean shamans, is offered to women who are pregnant, entering menopause, or have had hysterectomies.
—Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2024
That’s despite the fact that its protagonist is mostly soft-spoken, reticent and reserved throughout — nothing like the warrior queens and Amazonian figures popular cinema loves to laud as female role models.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
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Amazonian
adjective
Am·a·zo·nian
ˌam-ə-ˈzō-nē-ən
-ˈzō-nyən
1
: of or resembling an Amazon
2
: of or relating to the Amazon River or its valley
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