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As a noun amazon

is a tall, strong, athletic woman.

As a proper noun ikea is

(ikea).

amazon

English

(wikipedia Amazon)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
  • A female warrior.
  • A tall, strong, or athletic woman.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), Río Amazonas . It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought alongside the men, and that he derived the name from the Amazons in Greek mythology.

    Proper noun

  • A river of South America that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the South Atlantic.
  • A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.
    • Derived terms
    * Amazonian * Amazon milk frog

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the large parrots from the genus Amazona .

    • Etymology 3

    Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its kind in the world. Ann Byers, Jeff Bezos: the founder of amazon.com , pp. 46-7, Rosen Publishing Group, 2007, ISBN 1-4042-0717-1

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Amazon.com Inc, a very large internet retailer

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick-and-mortar competition.
  • * 1998', George Anders, "Discomfort Zone: Some Big Companies Long to Embrace Web But Settle for Flirtation — They Fear Online Marketing Could Cause Sales Staffs And Distributors to Rebel — A Risk of Getting ‘'''Amazoned ’", ''The Wall Street Journal , 1998-11-04, p. A1. [http://search.proquest.com/docview/398638046]
    • Those who hesitate risk being "amazoned ," forfeiting business to an Internet newcomer, in the way that bookstore chains have lost ground to Amazon.com Inc., the online bookseller.
  • * 1999', Andrew Wileman, "Smart cookies: Get set to '''Amazon ", ''Management Today . Aug 1999, p. 79 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/214769716]
    • Venture capitalists' desks are thick with business plans promising ‘we're going to Amazon the insurance/travel/property business...’
  • * 1999 , Tim Smith, InternetWeek (786), "Getting Customers Totally Integrated – Cisco CIO Pete Solvik", 1999-10-25, p. 98 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/226888867]
    • Take the example of MetalSite.com, which is owned by steel companies. The steel companies aren't getting "Amazoned'" by a start-up but, rather, they are doing the "' Amazoning " within their own industry.
  • * 1999 , "Amazon Expands", InternetWeek (789), 1999-11-15, p. 11 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/226901337]
    • Amazon.com may soon be "amazoning " a few more industries.
  • * 2000 , Bob Tedeschi, "E-Commerce Report: Web and catalog businesses are crossing into storefront territory, creating parallel avenues of retailing", The New York Times , 2000-11-20, p. C12 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/91394028]
    • Gone are the days when they agonized about being "Amazoned ", or blind-sided by a dot-com ....
  • * 2001 , Saul Hansell, "Web Sales of Airline Tickets Are Making Hefty Advances", The New York Times , 2001-07-04, p. A1 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/91898346]
    • In other industries, established companies are pulling people and money away from their Internet operations, as their fear of being "Amazoned " by start-ups has subsided.
  • * 2001 , Steve Lohr, "Gearhead Nation: A Time Out for Technophilia", The New York Times , 2001-11-18, p. WK4 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/92105390]
    • Meanwhile, traditional companies would be obliterated — "Amazoned " — by Internet upstarts.
  • * 2002 , Scott Harris, "Roots in Israel, Head in Silicon Valley", The New York Times , 2002-06-30, p. B8 [http://search.proquest.com/docview/92285195]
    • "Everybody was afraid of getting Amazoned ," Mr. Landan said. "They didn't want to get left behind."

    References

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    ikea

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Ikea

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.
  • * 2005 , Daniel H. Wilson, “How to Survive a Robot Uprising”, Bloomsbury, ISBN 1582345929, page 126
    • Instruct the servant robot to clean the house, landscape the yard, and assemble several major pieces of IKEA furniture. Then, when your robot is power depleted and attempts to recharge, shut off the power to your house.
  • * 2008 February 2, Luke Burbank, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! , National Public Radio
    • It seems Swedish gangs, apparently no longer satisfied with knocking over their local IKEA’s , have taken to sneaking little people into the cargo holds of the buses by stowing them in suitcases.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "IKEA")