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==Etymology== The name ''Amazon'' is said to arise from a war [[Francisco de Orellana]] fought with the [[Tapuyas]] and other tribes. The women of the tribe fought alongside the men, as was their custom.<ref name=taylor1898>{{cite book |first=Isaac |last=Taylor |date=1898 |title=Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature |publisher=Rivingtons |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqgYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA44 |access-date=October 12, 2008 |isbn=978-0-559-29668-0 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725042804/https://books.google.com/books?id=vqgYAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA44 |url-status=live }}</ref> Orellana derived the name ''Amazonas'' from the [[Amazons]] of [[Greek mythology]], described by [[Herodotus]] and [[Diodorus Siculus|Diodorus]].<ref name="taylor1898" />
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