Amazonian
- adjective
- /ˌæməˈzoʊniən/
- The Amazonian rainforest is home to thousands of unique species of plants and animals.
- Amazonian rainforest
- Amazonian forest
- an Amazonian tribe
She mentioned rediscover reconnecting to, to our Andean and Amazonian territories in Peru.
- She mentioned rediscover reconnecting to, to our Andean and Amazonian territories in Peru.
- And like there, there's a lot of Amazonian herbs that are still way underutilized.
- So the first course, the main portion of the meal is Amazonian catfish and paired with the local craft beer.
- An Amazonian tree frog perched on a branch with its big grin isn't thinking oh God, I was a terrible Amazonian tree frog yesterday.
- But then as human beings, because we have to have the capacity, you might be born a Wall Street billionaire, a fisherman in an Amazonian village.
- Ayahuasca being a Peruvian Amazonian vine that's made into a brew that has psychedelic properties.
- It is the tart blush, Amazonian clay.
Examples
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We are near the nesting grounds of the Amazonian Wood Quail.
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A key to understanding the volatility of the contemporary Amazonian frontier lies in the instability of resource-extractive cycles.
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There is evidence of forest fires, possibly started by humans, even in wet areas of Amazonian forest.
Academic text (1992) -
One is doing this series of documentaries on Amazonian traditional medicine.
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Friends of mine flying down into the South to the Amazonian rainforest can see them from their aircraft.
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This is an Amazonian bird-eating spider.
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The shift was successful: the Treaty of Amazon Cooperation was signed by the Amazonian countries in July 1978.
Academic text (1992) -
A popular tourist draw on the river, Belin is known to locals as "the Amazonian Venice."
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Towns like Xinguara perform a vital role in articulating the conflicting forces on the Amazonian frontier.
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In the period of colonial conquest and later during the industrial age's boom-and-bust rubber trade, Amazonian peoples suffered huge declines.
Academic text (2011)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Amazonian meaning 'relating to the Amazon region' comes from the Amazon river and rainforest in South America, which were named after the legendary Amazons, and so Amazonian now means 'from the rainforest or its people'.