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- Royaume-Uni//ˈæm.ə.zən//
- États-Unis//ˈæm.əˌzɑn//
- États-Unis/[ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn]/
- Canada//ˈæm.əˌzɒn//
- Canada/[ˈɛəm.əˌzɒn]/
A tall, strong, athletic woman.
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A tall, strong, athletic woman.
Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.
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A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
In Triple-guard promotion chess (GPJ) a pawn newly triple-guarded by pieces other than pawns promotes to the combined value of the guarding pieces. Thus after b3 in the opening position a3 promotes to amazon, R+B+N, from triple guard by Ra1, Nb1, Bc1.
The amazon is simply a queen-knight hybrid, capable of moving as either piece.
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An amazon parrot.
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A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.
Étymologie
From Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).
Formes
- pluriel
- amazons