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  1. amazon
    [n] - a large strong and aggressive woman 2. [n] - (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively) 3. [n] - a major South American river 4. [n] - mainly green tropical American parrots
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Amazon
    In Greek mythology, a member of a group of female warriors living near the Black Sea, who cut off their right breasts to use the bow more easily. Their queen Pen ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. amazon
    variety of felspar Category: Various industries and crafts • satin fabric, glossy; finish of amazon fabric Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Amazon
    Am'a·zon noun [ Latin , from Greek ....] 1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior. 2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago. 3. (Zoology) A name numerous species of South Americ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/66

  5. amazon
    1. One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior. ... 2. A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago. ... 3. <ornithology> A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis. ... <zoology> Amazon ant, a species of ant (Polyergus rufesce...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. amazon
    noun mainly green tropical American parrots
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Amazon
    Amazon River noun a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world`s 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Amazon
    • (n.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis • (n.) One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior. • (n.) A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. Amazon
    (from the article `Benin`) Dahomey was a despotic and militaristic kingdom. Its power was based upon a highly trained standing army, which included a female contingent (called ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/56

  10. Amazon
    in Greek mythology, member of a race of women warriors. The story of the Amazons probably originated as a variant of a tale recurrent in many ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/56

  11. amazon
    Amazon, amazon 1. Derived by Greek folk etymology 'without a breast' because of the story that the Amazon women cut off one breast to facilitate the shooting of arrows when using archery in battle. 2. A woman or girl soldier; hence, a large, strong masculine female warrior.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. Amazon
    The Amazon was a West India mail steam ship. She left Southampton on her first voyage on Friday 2nd of January 1852 and on Sunday morning, January 4th, she was destroyed by fire at sea, about 175 km west-south-west of Scilly. Of 161 persons on board 102 perished.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. amazon
    • a large strong and aggressive woman
    • (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
    • a major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
    • mainly green tropical American parrots

    Found on

  14. Amazon
    Amazon (ăm'uzon) , in Greek mythology, one of a tribe of warlike women who lived in Asia Minor. The Amazons had a matriarchal society, in which women fought and governed while men performed the household tasks. Each Amazon had to kill a man before she could marry, and all male children wer...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08036

  15. Amazon
    Amazon, Port. Amazonas (ämäzō'nus) , world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the Ucayali and the shorter Marañón. It flows across N Brazil before entering the Atlantic Ocean near B...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A080

  16. Amazon
    in Greek mythology, the Amazons were a group of female warriors living in Africa or near the Black Sea. The tribe contained no men, the men living in an adjoining nation where the boy children were sent to live with their father. The women allegedly had their right breast burned off (hence the name ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Amazon
    (warrior) In Greek mythology, a member of a group of female warriors living near the Black Sea, who cut off their right breasts to use the bow more easily. Their queen Penthesilea was killed by Achilles at the siege of Troy. The term Amazon has come to mean a large, strong woman. The Amazons a...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  18. Amazon
    (river) River in South America, the second longest in the world, after the Nile; length 6,516 km/4,050 mi. The Amazon ranks as the largest river in the world in terms of the volume of water it discharges (around 95,000 cu m/3.3 million cu ft every second), its number of tributaries...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  19. Amazon
    (automobile) The `Amazon` was a cyclecar produced by Amazon Cars Ltd in Billiter Street, London, EC3, England from 1921 to 1922. It featured a rear-mounted air cooled twin 6/9 hp Coventry-Victor engine with chain drive to the rear wheels through a three speed and reverse gearbox made b...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon

  20. Amazon
    (yacht) `Amazon` is a long screw schooner ex-steam yacht built in 1885 at the private Arrow Yard of Tankerville Chamberlayne in accessdate=-->--> (First Edition published in 1885).<ref name = "WST"/> Construction: History: Her builder and first owner, Tankerv...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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