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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_85479" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_85479" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67443" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67443" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A river in S. [[America]] and the largest on the globe, its basin nearly equal in extent to the whole of Europe; traverses the continent at its greatest breadth, rises in the [[Andes]] about 50 m. from the Pacific, and after a course of 4000 m. falls by a delta into the Atlantic, its waters increased by an immense number of tributaries, 20 of which are above 1000 m. in length, one 2000 m., its mouth 200 m. wide; its current affects the ocean 150 m. out; is navigable 3000 m. up, and by steamers as far as the foot of the Andes. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:46, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A tall, strong, masculine woman; a virago.
(2): (n.) A name numerous species of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis
(3): (n.) One of a fabulous race of female warriors in Scythia; hence, a female warrior.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A river in S. America and the largest on the globe, its basin nearly equal in extent to the whole of Europe; traverses the continent at its greatest breadth, rises in the Andes about 50 m. from the Pacific, and after a course of 4000 m. falls by a delta into the Atlantic, its waters increased by an immense number of tributaries, 20 of which are above 1000 m. in length, one 2000 m., its mouth 200 m. wide; its current affects the ocean 150 m. out; is navigable 3000 m. up, and by steamers as far as the foot of the Andes.
