No. 5,244 in French
amazones
"Amazones" refers to female warriors or Amazons, often depicted as strong and independent women in mythology or history.
In a sentence
Les Amazones étaient des guerrières légendaires dans la mythologie grecque.
The Amazons were legendary female warriors in Greek mythology.
The term 'Amazones' here refers to the mythological group of female warriors.
L'exploration de la forêt des Amazones est fascinante.
Exploring the Amazon forest is fascinating.
The term 'Amazones' in this context refers to the Amazon rainforest.
Un groupe de femmes athlétiques et audacieuses était comparé aux amazones.
A group of athletic and daring women was compared to the Amazons.
Here 'amazones' is used metaphorically to compare a group of women to the heroic and independent qualities attributed to the Amazons.
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