Амазония

Russian

Etymology

From Spanish Río Amazonas (“Amazon River”) +‎ -ия (-ija), said to have been named by Francisco de Orellana, early explorer of the river, due to an attack on his party by a mixed group of male and female warriors. See English Amazon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐmɐˈzonʲɪjə]

Proper noun

Амазо́ния • (Amazónija) f inan (genitive Амазо́нии, relational adjective амазо́нский)

  1. the Amazon basin (a geographic region of South America, drained by the Amazon river)

Declension

Declension of Амазо́ния (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a) 
singular
nominative Амазо́ния
Amazónija
genitive Амазо́нии
Amazónii
dative Амазо́нии
Amazónii
accusative Амазо́нию
Amazóniju
instrumental Амазо́нией, Амазо́ниею
Amazónijej, Amazónijeju
prepositional Амазо́нии
Amazónii

Derived terms

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