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Where did the name Amazon come from?


   Where did the name Amazon come from?


  blockfrei
 4/8/09
 

 Where did the name Amazon come from?

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  edimonk
 4/8/09
 

 Legend has it that discoverer Francisco De Orellana had mistaken the men warriors for women for their skirt like attire which is why he named it Amazon.

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  epking
 4/8/09
 

 Amazons in Greek literature were women warriors.

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