amazon
/ˈæməzən/noun
उच्चारण ऐमज़न
वीरांगना, लंबी-चौड़ी बलवान स्त्री
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Asked in previous papers
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a tall, strong woman, especially one who is a fighter
वीरांगना, लंबी-चौड़ी बलवान स्त्री
- The wrestler was an amazon who defeated every rival.
- The coach was an amazon of a woman who trained the girls to run faster than the boys.
- The headmistress was a tall amazon of a woman, and no student dared to misbehave.
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- Sports writers called the weightlifter an amazon after her third gold medal.
- With her broad shoulders and loud laugh, the farmer's wife was a real amazon.
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[C] Amazon
(in Greek myth) a member of a race of female warriors
(यूनानी कथा में) योद्धा स्त्रियों की जाति की सदस्य
- The Amazons fought against the Greeks at Troy.
- The museum has a painting that shows an Amazon with a bow and a shield.
- In the story, the queen of the Amazons rides into battle on a horse.
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- Children read about the Amazons in a book of Greek myths.
- The statue shows an Amazon wounded in battle.
◇Word family
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Amazons of Greek myth; the River Amazon in South America was named after them by Spanish explorers.
Greek कथा की Amazons से; दक्षिण अमेरिका की Amazon नदी का नाम स्पेनिश खोजकर्ताओं ने उन्हीं पर रखा।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a tall, strong, warlike woman is an amazon or virago; a woman who is the main character of a story is a heroine.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: लंबी, बलवान, युद्धप्रिय स्त्री amazon या virago; कहानी की मुख्य स्त्री पात्र heroine।
General knowledge
The Amazon is the largest river by volume and its rainforest is called the lungs of the earth.
Amazon जल-प्रवाह के हिसाब से सबसे बड़ी नदी है और इसके वर्षावन को पृथ्वी के फेफड़े कहा जाता है।