Amazonia
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- proper noun
- /əˈmæzoʊniə/
- Many rivers flow through Amazonia, feeding the largest rainforest in the world.
- contemporary Amazonia
- eastern Amazonia
- Brazilian Amazonia
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The scale and nature of pre-Columbian human impacts in Amazonia are currently hotly debated.
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The population in Amazonia is predominantly urban, despite massive governmental investment in rural development.
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When will the residents of Amazonia speak for themselves in film?
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It'll be a long way until we reach Amazonia.
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I think we have only just scratched the surface of Amazonia.
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Gold mining also emerged in other regions of Amazonia during the 1980s.
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Under the program, roads linking Amazonia to the rest of the country were upgraded and new ones were begun.
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Much Brazilian geopolitical writing focused on Amazonia and viewed the region as the key to the Brazilian future.
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Other populations in the Guianas and Amazonia are subject to intense pressure through habitat destruction and human interference.
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Yet a long-standing rural image for Amazonia increasingly clashes with new urban realities.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Amazonia was later used for the large South American area because early explorers named the river Amazon after stories of fierce women fighters they heard, so today Amazonia means the vast tropical rainforest around the Amazon River.