Amazoʹnia
. In South America, originally called Marʹanõnʹ. The Spaniards first called it Orellaʹna; but after the women joined their husbands in attacking the invaders, the Spaniards called the people Amʹazons and the country Amazoʹnia.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.