Hyphenation of amazon

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word amazon? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ama-zon

Definitions of amazon:

1.	A large strong and aggressive woman
2.	(Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
3.	A major South American river Arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic The world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)
4.	Mainly green tropical American parrots

Synonyms of amazon:

noun	virago, woman, adult female
noun	Amazon, mythical being
noun	Amazon, Amazon River, river
noun	parrot

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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