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'''Amazon''' most often refers to:
* [[Amazon River]], in South America
* [[Amazon rainforest]], a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* [[Amazon (company)]], an American multinational technology company
* [[Amazons]], a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology

'''Amazon''' or '''Amazone''' may also refer to:
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== Arts 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
* [[Amazon (Dragon's Crown)|Amazon (''Dragon's Crown'')]], a character from the ''Dragon's Crown'' game
* ''[[Kamen Rider Amazon]]'', title character in the fourth installment of the ''Kamen Rider'' series

=== Film and television ===
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* [[The Amazons (1917 film)|''The Amazons'' (1917 film)]], an American silent tragedy film
* [[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

=== Gaming ===
* [[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]], twelve children's novels 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

== Businesses and organizations ==
* [[Amazon Bookstore Cooperative]], a feminist bookstore (1970–2012)
* [[Amazonen-Werke]], a German agricultural machinery manufacturer (founded 1883)
* [[Café Amazon]], Thai coffee chain
* [[Los Angeles Amazons]], an American football team (2002–2012)
* [[Takembeng]], or les Amazones des SDF, a 1990s women's social movement in Cameroon

== 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

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

== Places ==
* [[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
* [[1042 Amazone]], an asteroid
* [[Amazon Creek]], a stream in Oregon, US

== 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
* [[Mary Celeste|''Amazon'' (brigitane)]], a Canadian brigantine launched 1861, later more famously named ''Mary Celeste''
* [[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

== See also ==
* {{lookfrom|Amazon}}
* {{intitle|Amazon}}
* [[Amason (disambiguation)]]
* [[Amazonas (disambiguation)]]
* [[Amazonia (disambiguation)]]
* [[Amazonian (disambiguation)]]
* [[Amyzon (disambiguation)]]
* ''[[Amazonka]]'', a 2008 album by Ruslana
* [[Amazon parrot]], a bird genus
* [[Amazonis Planitia]], on Mars
* ''[[Amazonsaurus]]'', a dinosaur genus

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