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• アマゾン；古代ギリシャの戦士たち

接頭辞 a-, no.語源のmaz（乳房）については、乳腺炎、乳腺炎を参照のこと。もともとは、弓術を容易にするために右乳房を切除し、勇猛であったというギリシャの伝説上の女性部族を指す。後にアマゾンに似たような未開人部族が現れたとされ、この名がついた。

Amazon (n.)

late 14c., from Greek Amazon (mostly in plural Amazones) "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," probably from an unknown non-Indo-European word, possibly from an Iranian compound *ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together" [Watkins], but in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos "breasts," hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so they could draw bowstrings more efficiently.

The river in South America (originally called by the Spanish Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce) rechristened by Francisco de Orellana, 1541, after an encounter with female warriors of the Tapuyas (or, as some say, beardless, long-haired male tribesmen; still others hold that the name is a corruption of a native word in Tupi or Guarani meaning "wave").

1. a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon

彼らのアマゾン川沿いの迫力ある記述

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2.They were exploring the Amazon jungle.

彼らはアマゾンのジャングルを探査している。