Amazon most often refers to: * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company Amazon or Amazone may also refer to:

Places

South America

* Amazon Basin (sedimentary basin), a sedimentary basin at the middle and lower course of the river * Amazon basin, the part of South America drained by the river and its tributaries * Amazon Reef, at the mouth of the Amazon basin

Elsewhere

* 1042 Amazone, an asteroid * Amazon Creek, a stream in Oregon, US

People

* Amazon Eve (born 1979), American model, fitness trainer, and actress * Lesa Lewis (born 1967), American professional bodybuilder nicknamed "Amazon"

Art and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Amazon (Amalgam Comics) * Amazon, an alias of the Marvel supervillain Man-Killer * Amazons (DC Comics), a group of superhuman characters * The Amazon, a ''Diablo II'' character * The Amazon, a ''Pro Wrestling (NES video game), Pro Wrestling'' character * ''Kamen Rider Amazon'', title character in the fourth installment of the ''Kamen Rider'' series

Film and television

* The Amazons (1917 film), ''The Amazons'' (1917 film), an American silent tragedy * The Amazon (film), ''The Amazon'' (film), a 1921 German silent film * ''War Goddess'', also known as ''The Amazons'', a 1973 Italian adventure fantasy drama * Amazons (1984 film), ''Amazons'' (1984 film), an American thriller * Amazons (1986 film), ''Amazons'' (1986 film), an Argentine adventure fantasy * Amazon (1990 film), ''Amazon'' (1990 film), a 1990 drama * Amazon (1997 film), ''Amazon'' (1997 film), a short documentary * Amazon (1999 TV series), ''Amazon'' (1999 TV series), a Canadian drama * Amazon (2000 film), ''Amazon'' (2000 film), a 2000 French film * Amazon (2008 TV series), ''Amazon'' (2008 TV series), a British documentary series

Games

* Amazon (chess), a fairy chess piece * Amazons (solitaire), a card game * Amazon (video game), ''Amazon'' (video game), a 1984 interactive fiction graphic adventure game * ''Amazon: Guardians of Eden'', a 1991 video game * ''Game of the Amazons'', a board game

Literature

* Amazons (novel), ''Amazons'' (novel), a 1980 novel co-written by Don DeLillo, published under the pseudonym Cleo Birdwell * ''Amazons!'', a fantasy anthology edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson * Swallows and Amazons series, ''Swallows and Amazons'' series, a series of twelve children's books by Arthur Ransome * The Amazon (novella), ''The Amazon'' (novella), by Nikolai Leskov * The Amazons (play), ''The Amazons'' (play), by Arthur Wing Pinero

Music

* The Amazons (band), a British indie band from Reading, Berkshire

Military units

* Amazonian Guard, or "the Amazons", a bodyguard unit of Muammar Gaddafi * Amazons Company, a Greek ceremonial female battalion * Dahomey Amazons, a Fon regiment

Organizations

* Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, a former feminist bookstore * Amazonen-Werke, a German agricultural machinery manufacturer * Los Angeles Amazons, an American football team * Takembeng, or les Amazones des SDF, a women's social movement in Cameroon

Transportation

Land vehicles

* Amazon (automobile), a 1920s British cyclecar * ''Amazon'', a GWR 3031 Class locomotive operating 1892–1908 * ''Amazon'', a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive operating 1851–1877 * Volvo Amazon, a 1956–1970 mid-size car

Ships

* Amazon (1780 ship), ''Amazon'' (1780 ship), launched in France in 1775 under another name * Amazon (brigantine), ''Amazon'' (brigantine), a Canadian brigantine launched 1861 * Amazon (yacht), ''Amazon'' (yacht), a British screw schooner built 1885 * Amazon-class frigate, ''Amazon''-class frigate, four classes of frigate of the British Royal Navy * Amazon-class sloop, ''Amazon''-class sloop, of the British Royal Navy * French submarine Amazone (1916), French submarine ''Amazone'' (1916), an Armide-class diesel-electric attack submarine * HMS Amazon, HMS ''Amazon'', nine ships of the Royal Navy * RMS Amazon, RMS ''Amazon'', two ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company * SMS Amazone (1843), SMS ''Amazone'' (1843), a 3-masted sail corvette of the Prussian Navy * SMS Amazone, SMS ''Amazone'', a 1900 2,700 ton ''Gazelle''-class light cruiser * USS Amazon (1861), USS ''Amazon'' (1861), a US Navy bark

Other uses

* Amazon (color), a variant of jungle green * Amazon parrot