Amazon

Amazon refers mainly to two prominent meanings:

1. **Amazon Rainforest**: A vast tropical rainforest covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru, and other South American countries. It is renowned for its biodiversity, being the largest rainforest on Earth, home to millions of species of flora and fauna, many of which are found nowhere else.

2. **Amazon.com, Inc.**: An American multinational technology and e-commerce company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. It started as an online bookstore but has expanded into various sectors, including cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is one of the largest and most influential companies globally, known for its online marketplace, Amazon Prime service, and devices like the Kindle e-reader and Echo smart speaker.

Both meanings highlight Amazon’s significance—one in terms of ecological importance and biodiversity, and the other in terms of technology and commerce.