From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishAmazonAmazon2 /ˈæməzən $ -zɑːn, -zən-/ trademark a website that sells books, music, films, toys, electronic and household goods. You make your order and pay over the Internet, and the books, toys etc are sent to you through the post. Amazon has websites in many countries.AmazonAm‧a‧zon3 /ˈæməzən $ -zɑːn -zən/ noun [countable] literary a strong tall woman —Amazonian /ˌæməˈzəʊniən◂ $ -ˈzoʊ-/ adjective
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Amazon• The smoke began affecting Manaus in mid-September. Amazon farmers are encouraged by the state government to burn land for pasture.• Single bamboo canes are also used as rhythm sticks in many parts of the world, including Polynesia and the Amazon Basin.• Last year, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon declined by almost 30 percent.• The surface is widely and deeply scored by the valleys of ancient rivers comparable in flow to the Amazon.Amazon, thethe AmazonAmazon, the1 a river in South America, which goes through Peru and Brazil and is the second longest river in the world 