At the beginning, let's look it up in a dictionary.

amazon? BrE/??m?z?n/? ?NAmE /??m?zɑ?n/

noun countable

1 Amazon: a member of a group of female warriors in stories told by the ancient Greeks

We all know Wonder Woman is a true Amazon.

2 : a tall and strong woman

Brienne of Tarth is a brave blond amazon.

Now let's take a close look at it etymology.

from Greek Amazon (mostly in plural Amazones) "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," possibly from an Iranian compound *ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together" [Watkins], but in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos, variant of mastos "breast;" hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so they could draw bowstrings more efficiently.

A bit scary, isn't it? And My trick to memerize this word: Am + a + zone.

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