Editing Amazon River (section)

==Etymology==
The Amazon was initially known by [[Ethnic groups in Europe|Europeans]] as the [[Marañón River|Marañón]], and the [[Peruvians|Peruvian]] part of the river is still known by that name, as well as the Brazilian state of [[Maranhão]], which contains part of the Amazon. It later became known as Rio Amazonas in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese.]]

The name Rio Amazonas was reportedly given after native warriors attacked a 16th-century expedition by [[Francisco de Orellana]]. The warriors were led by women, reminding de Orellana of the [[Amazons|Amazon warriors]], a tribe of women warriors related to [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Scythians]] and [[Sarmatians]]<ref name="theoi.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/AresFamily.html |title=Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Book 2 |access-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830025406/http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/AresFamily.html |archive-date=30 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ARGONAUTICA BOOK 2">{{Cite web |url=http://sacred-texts.com/cla/argo/argo23.htm |title=Argonautica Book 2 |access-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005183749/http://sacred-texts.com/cla/argo/argo23.htm |archive-date=5 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> mentioned in [[Greek mythology]].
The word Amazon itself may be derived from the [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] compound * ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together"<ref>"Amazon| Origin And Meaning Of Amazon By Online Etymology Dictionary". 2018. Etymonline.Com. Accessed 15 October 2018. [https://www.etymonline.com/word/Amazon#etymonline_v_10951] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015192445/https://www.etymonline.com/word/Amazon#etymonline_v_10951|date=15 October 2018}}.</ref> or [[ethnonym]] ''* ha-mazan-'' "warriors", a word attested indirectly through a derivation, a denominal verb in [[Hesychius of Alexandria]]'s gloss {{lang|grc|"ἁμαζακάραν· πολεμεῖν. Πέρσαι"}} ("''{{transliteration|grc|hamazakaran}}'': 'to make war' in Persian"), where it appears together with the [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] root ''* kar-'' "make" (from which [[Sanskrit]] ''[[karma]]'' is also derived).<ref>Lagercrantz, ''Xenia Lidéniana'' (1912), 270ff., cited after [[Hjalmar Frisk]], ''Greek Etymological Dictionary'' (1960–1970)</ref>

Other scholars{{who|date=September 2022}} claim that the name is derived from the [[Tupi language|Tupi]] word ''amassona'', meaning "boat destroyer".<ref>"Amazon River", Encarta Encyclopedia, Microsoft Student 2009 DVD.</ref>{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}