transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈæməzən ]
n. 1 a member of a mythical race of female warriors in Scythia and elsewhere. 2 (amazon) a very tall, strong, or athletic woman. øøAmazonian adj. [ME f. L f. Gk: expl. by the Greeks as 'breastless' (as if A-(1) + mazos breast), but prob. of foreign orig.]