I'm Brazilian, and I can explain the subtleties regarding the name: - There's a Brazilian state called Amazonas (where the majority of the forest is located - the northwestern-most state of Brazil) - There's the Amazon River (which we call "Rio Amazonas", "Rio" meaning "river" in Portuguese) - and there's the Amazon rainforest itself (which we call "Floresta Amazônica", which translates literally to "Amazonic Forest" in Portuguese) But, like you said, we use the name "Amazonia" generically, meaning anything and anywhere located near that region. Great video, as always, Patrick!
For all of those who Complain about him saying Columbia and not Colombia, take into account that our country's name (Yes, I am Colombian) comes from Colón, Cristobal, that's why we are called Colombia, but in English speaking countries that name is Christopher Columbus. So is a common and possible pronunciation of the name to replace the O for an U. Or are we going to call out japanese people when they can't pronounce the L in our country's name and change it for an R. Or how most of us, spanish speaking people, don't pronounce /Th/ /r/ /ng/ /Nk/ in the correct way. This is not a Channel about perfect pronunciation. It's an Informative channel. And He has apologized in many ocassions and in different videos beforehand when he thinks something is not pronounce correctly. Anyways, guys, if you want something to be done your way there are two options: Teach and Show by example (Politely) or do it yourself.
Freaks people out though to admit that some colonies didnt declare independence. People refuse to believe that their idea of evil colonialism is wrong lol. Same with Gibraltar, people naturally assume that it would rather be a part of spain/independent and also same with Falklands. Ive heard people call the Falklands war "awful" from the British side a.k.a. they think that Britain defending the falklands was wrong.
Antichrist by 90+% of colonies did declare independence, even going so far as to start wars for it, so by and large the ideas of colonialism being bad still hold.
@@boredphysicist Gibraltar doesn't want to join Spain because Spain sucks, as simple as that :p Even countries that are part of Spain want to leave Spain, for example, Catalonia.
@@boredphysicist nobody mentioned the Falklands but here you are. Also yes, Falklands my ass, Malvinas Argentinas. No reason for Britain to have an enclave in South America.
@@NameExplain I'm disappointed! Name Explain spelling Colombia wrong! You've gotta do at least one entire episode on Colombia to dig yourself out of this one hahaha
@@sohopedeco Olá! Creio que não haja, mas como eu não tinha certeza e não quis cometer um equívoco disse apenas da Amazônia brasileira, mas realmente não há cidade maior que Manaus na Amazônia como um todo. Greetings from Manaus, the largest city in the all Amazon haha!
Moving the Amazons to South America makes a certain amount of sense, from a historical/mythological perspective. The Greeks kept moving the Amazon tribe to some corner of the world they hadn't thoroughly explored yet, and for a while the Amazon River would have been thoroughly unknown to the Greeks.
0:37 yes, in english, but in portuguese we use derivatives, the river and state are called “Amazonas”, the forest is called “Amazônica” and the region is “Amazônia” which is “Amazon” in english, I believe.
In brazil the river and the forest have diferent names, the river is called rio amazonas (rio = river) and the rainforest is called floresta amazônica (floresta = forest)
I guess you guys don't know a shit about colonies. It has "French" in it's name because it's a _colony of France._ It has "Guinea" in it's name because it's located on Guinea. *So it litterally means France on Guinea.* It does not changes the fact that it's land of France when you try to deny it. It's strange to you guys because there is no colonies like that anymore. Let me give you examples of colonies ceased to exist: Spanish Sahara British South Africa Russian Alaska Portuguese Brazil/Portuguese South America Dutch East Indies/Dutch Indonesia
Except it has nothing to do with the greek amazons. The name comes from a Tupi word, "amassona", which means "boat killer". Upon hearing the name of the river, the Spaniard probably just made up the story of being attacked by those 'fierce women'. Evidence of that is his description of them being super white and having blond hair. What probably happened is that they heard the Tupi word 'amassona', remembered the myth and invented the story. But the word originally was from Tupi, not greek.
"The Amazons" by Adrianne Mayor does a really good job of presenting a bunch of historic theories with archeaologic basis on who the Amazon warriors were.
My earliest memory of the amazon site always had a snowy log cabin at the top so i now always assosiate their name with the frozen tundra and arctic. I always end up thinking that theres another amazon in antarctica or something because the site always reminds me of the cold and snowy landscapes.
Francisco de Orellana called the forest "Amazonas" because of how beautiful and dangerous it was, as the women's tribe. The Amazon tribe, as it was found in 2010, lived in the southern bank of the Black Sea.
Do a video on the Sindh river. It's amazing how many regions and nations are named after this one river: the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Indonesia, the natives of the Americas...
2:08 But some did actually believe this and therefore called them amazons. Those who thought that was a bad idea, such as Homer or Herodotos, didn't call them amazons, but rather androktones or antianeirai.
To people pointing out that French Guiana isn't a country, you're right, it's a territory of France. But like, he's still not wrong phrasing it that way. Consider if someone was casually listing the countries located in the Arctic Circle, they's probably say Alaska instead of the USA.
It's funny when it's coming from those who can't pronounce English words correctly... Oh! Grammar & punctuation marks too - just about every single one of them.
It sounds dumb but I literally never thought about how Amazon (website) is named after the Area, Im young enough that I learnt of both at the same time so I guess I never noticed.
You translated the Persian part wrong. "Hama Zan" translates to "All women". Not one fighting together. Whoever translated that for you may have confused it with "Hama djang". Which would translate to "All fight". I think my interpretation makes much more sense
0:20 It's "Colombia." There's a second O. That's how it's spelled and *actually pronounced*. There's no U, and if there was, it would actually be pronounced "koh-loom-bee-ah" there. GET IT RIGHT!
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Name Explain ok
Why the change?
Why is Edinburgh pronounced different as it is written, I expected the burgh part to be pronounced as in the german town name Hamburg.
@@kyletowers9662 It gives me an extra hour to sort stuff out for the videos :)
Yay, I'll be home from school then
You just missed an idea for an Amazon sponsored video.
Audible would be more realistic. They’re owned by Amazon and sponsor youtube video
In Portuguese the river is called Amazonas and the forest is called Amazonia
and there is the state in Brasil, Amazonas too
Amazonia is the country of the Amazonas.
*Amazônas* Amazônia*
Polish: "Amazonka"- the river, "Amazonia"- the forest.
It is also the case in French Amazone is the river and Amazonie is the forest
I'm Brazilian, and I can explain the subtleties regarding the name:
- There's a Brazilian state called Amazonas (where the majority of the forest is located - the northwestern-most state of Brazil)
- There's the Amazon River (which we call "Rio Amazonas", "Rio" meaning "river" in Portuguese)
- and there's the Amazon rainforest itself (which we call "Floresta Amazônica", which translates literally to "Amazonic Forest" in Portuguese)
But, like you said, we use the name "Amazonia" generically, meaning anything and anywhere located near that region.
Great video, as always, Patrick!
Roraima is the northernest state
Fala para o gringo sobre o mito de um estado dentro da amazona chamado “Acre”. Existe dinossauros e tubarão com lasers na cabeça.
Is there a predominant native name for the river or forest? I know there are several groups and languages but is one a close second place to Amazon?
@@timmmahhhh The Tupi, who are the majority of the people native to the Amazon, call it "Kaá" or "Ka`a", meaning forest or jungle!
Yet the state isn't Matriarchal
Wtf
I missed that simplistically drawn 3 line beard.
these are just 2 lines
For all of those who Complain about him saying Columbia and not Colombia, take into account that our country's name (Yes, I am Colombian) comes from Colón, Cristobal, that's why we are called Colombia, but in English speaking countries that name is Christopher Columbus. So is a common and possible pronunciation of the name to replace the O for an U. Or are we going to call out japanese people when they can't pronounce the L in our country's name and change it for an R. Or how most of us, spanish speaking people, don't pronounce /Th/ /r/ /ng/ /Nk/ in the correct way. This is not a Channel about perfect pronunciation. It's an Informative channel. And He has apologized in many ocassions and in different videos beforehand when he thinks something is not pronounce correctly.
Anyways, guys, if you want something to be done your way there are two options: Teach and Show by example (Politely) or do it yourself.
Well, normal, putting pronunciation aside. But it's written like that.
0:15 * French Guiana isn’t a country, but a part of France.
Freaks people out though to admit that some colonies didnt declare independence. People refuse to believe that their idea of evil colonialism is wrong lol. Same with Gibraltar, people naturally assume that it would rather be a part of spain/independent and also same with Falklands. Ive heard people call the Falklands war "awful" from the British side a.k.a. they think that Britain defending the falklands was wrong.
Antichrist by 90+% of colonies did declare independence, even going so far as to start wars for it, so by and large the ideas of colonialism being bad still hold.
At least he spelled French Guiana right. Unlike ColOmbia......
@@boredphysicist Gibraltar doesn't want to join Spain because Spain sucks, as simple as that :p Even countries that are part of Spain want to leave Spain, for example, Catalonia.
@@boredphysicist nobody mentioned the Falklands but here you are. Also yes, Falklands my ass, Malvinas Argentinas. No reason for Britain to have an enclave in South America.
0:19 ColOmbia 🙄
Oops. My bad.
@@NameExplain Columbia will be your next explanation 😜
Also the way the rever was drawn was all kinds of inaccurate
@@NameExplain I'm disappointed! Name Explain spelling Colombia wrong! You've gotta do at least one entire episode on Colombia to dig yourself out of this one hahaha
@@deardito "Why does Colombia and Columbia have such similar names?"
Hey! Thanks for the video! Greetings from Manaus, the largest city in the Brazilian Amazon!
Is there any bigger city in other country's Amazon?
@@sohopedeco Olá! Creio que não haja, mas como eu não tinha certeza e não quis cometer um equívoco disse apenas da Amazônia brasileira, mas realmente não há cidade maior que Manaus na Amazônia como um todo. Greetings from Manaus, the largest city in the all Amazon haha!
Moving the Amazons to South America makes a certain amount of sense, from a historical/mythological perspective. The Greeks kept moving the Amazon tribe to some corner of the world they hadn't thoroughly explored yet, and for a while the Amazon River would have been thoroughly unknown to the Greeks.
Thank you, my name is there!! Cool! Proudly support Name Explain. And congrats for (another) great video.
I honestly love your voice and skilled narration.
Actually, why are warrior women in Greece named after a river in South America??
Amazon's never existed. They were a fantasy/myth.
@@torinjones3221 incorrect. Gobi. Desert archeological sites have resulted in women graves with armor and weapons.
Amazon's weren't in Greece.
They affiliate with Scythians.
@@torinjones3221 They did existed.
They were based off the Sarmatians.
Amazons are also theorized to part of the Sarmatian civilization as well as in parts of Anatolia called "Medea."
Fun fact the The arrow used in the Amazon logo. Is a reference to Amazon having everything from A to Z
Really love your content keep it up
I stayed in the Amazon a few years ago. Was friggin well cool! anyways, just thought I'd share lol
Lol 3:21
Imagine how those conversations would be
"Where did you get that?"
"Half price from *cadaver* "
OMG!!!! Columbia is the capital district of the USA!!!! The South American country is COLOMBIA!
0:37 yes, in english, but in portuguese we use derivatives, the river and state are called “Amazonas”, the forest is called “Amazônica” and the region is “Amazônia” which is “Amazon” in english, I believe.
Hello from Brazil. I love your channel
this is the 50th channel I've subbed to
I have always wondered about this! Thank you!
In brazil the river and the forest have diferent names, the river is called rio amazonas (rio = river) and the rainforest is called floresta amazônica (floresta = forest)
Nunca nen vi
0:18 French Guyana is not a country. It's a territory of France.
But France is a country. So... nothing much changed.
No it’s a sovereign country
it's not. It's FRENCH guinea. "FRENCH"
@@emiriye its french GUIANA
I guess you guys don't know a shit about colonies.
It has "French" in it's name because it's a _colony of France._ It has "Guinea" in it's name because it's located on Guinea. *So it litterally means France on Guinea.* It does not changes the fact that it's land of France when you try to deny it. It's strange to you guys because there is no colonies like that anymore. Let me give you examples of colonies ceased to exist:
Spanish Sahara
British South Africa
Russian Alaska
Portuguese Brazil/Portuguese South America
Dutch East Indies/Dutch Indonesia
As an anthropologist deeply interested in Amazonia, thanks for this video! Great work
How does boliva fit on this list? If I'm going by your map its a few squiggly lines south of that east to west running river...
Love your stuff. You should do a vid on the names of all the British counties
Coolest episode yet!
Except it has nothing to do with the greek amazons. The name comes from a Tupi word, "amassona", which means "boat killer". Upon hearing the name of the river, the Spaniard probably just made up the story of being attacked by those 'fierce women'. Evidence of that is his description of them being super white and having blond hair. What probably happened is that they heard the Tupi word 'amassona', remembered the myth and invented the story.
But the word originally was from Tupi, not greek.
Amazon was also chosen for the company name because it has an A and a Z, so they put an arrow between them to show they had products from A to Z
It's not just an arrow, but also invokes a smile to put a friendly face on the company.
"The Amazons" by Adrianne Mayor does a really good job of presenting a bunch of historic theories with archeaologic basis on who the Amazon warriors were.
The Amazon Company part could have been a great transition into an ad for audible by Anazon
2:16 You mispronounced Francisco De Orellana‘s name. The LL in spanish is pronounced like a y
If I had the money, I'd be the patron saint of Uranus
yes I am a grown man xD
as a linguist i really enjoy your content monsieur
I was wondering this yesterday, what are the odds?
My earliest memory of the amazon site always had a snowy log cabin at the top so i now always assosiate their name with the frozen tundra and arctic. I always end up thinking that theres another amazon in antarctica or something because the site always reminds me of the cold and snowy landscapes.
Well done.
interesting video m8!
Francisco de Orellana called the forest "Amazonas" because of how beautiful and dangerous it was, as the women's tribe.
The Amazon tribe, as it was found in 2010, lived in the southern bank of the Black Sea.
0:19 you spelled Colombia incorrectly
"Sweet I don't have to draw anything," LOL.
Amazon is also called Amazon becase in the logo, the arrow goes from A to Z like their items
The thumbnail map presented an Amazon channel thrugh South America, not an Amazon river :)
What's the etymological relation between iberia and siberia?
I thought the Amazon was named after the website
I hope this is a joke becuase if it isnt then thats realy sad.
@@jacobschweiger5897 r/wooosh
@@jacobschweiger5897 what is wrong with you, its not a joke and its not sad, everybody has right to their beleifs, stop forcing YoUr facts on us....
Jeff Bazos is that big.
Thumbnail change?
Is Joe Blow named after Joe Dokes? Or is it the other way around?
Amazonians are cool. I want to marry one.
Do a video on the Sindh river. It's amazing how many regions and nations are named after this one river: the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Indonesia, the natives of the Americas...
Amazing.
Gargareans. That’s the all-male tribe the Amazons supposedly would meet once a year with to have children
Or they would kidnap men and rape them. Depends on who you ask.
I was just thinking about this yesterday, because I have an amazon parrot!
I can see that beautiful parrot on your profile pic!
That like the Alexa?
2:08 But some did actually believe this and therefore called them amazons. Those who thought that was a bad idea, such as Homer or Herodotos, didn't call them amazons, but rather androktones or antianeirai.
good job youtube. you actually gave me a notification
Interesting history 'bout Souff America, Myffology and Troof.
Hi bro 👋🏽
To people pointing out that French Guiana isn't a country, you're right, it's a territory of France. But like, he's still not wrong phrasing it that way. Consider if someone was casually listing the countries located in the Arctic Circle, they's probably say Alaska instead of the USA.
Okay, but it's COLOMBIA. And French Guyana is not a country.
I think it is a country
It's part of France, which is a sovereign country. So it's France. Not French Guiana.
*French Guiana... Guyana is my country😊😊
In Greek the river is called "Amazonios"
And the jungle is called "Zungla tu Amazoniu" which means "jungle of the Amazon"
omg amazing :0
I got an Amazon prime ad on this video
british columbia and colombia next maybe?
And the District of Columbia as well
Amazing
Lmao. My ad for this video is that guy from Amazon. Too many amazons in 1 video.
They really exist and that why of country exist like in 1:20
As a brazillian, I feel ashamed for not knowing this awesome etymology
There's Amazoness, Yugioh monsters who are warrior women who's design are Amazon rainforest cultured. Look it up! ^^
It feels like more than half of these comments are people mad about the Colombia misspelling...Is it really that serious?
tbh yeah
It's funny when it's coming from those who can't pronounce English words correctly... Oh! Grammar & punctuation marks too - just about every single one of them.
You misspelled Colombia
Not tryna be a dick but it j happens too much
Death by snu snu!
It sounds dumb but I literally never thought about how Amazon (website) is named after the Area, Im young enough that I learnt of both at the same time so I guess I never noticed.
0:25 why me :(((
Didn't heard of Wonder Woman in either of the three Amazons.
Should've been titled "Why Is The Amazon Named After Warrior Women And A Shopping Website?"
ColOMbia not ColUMbia
You translated the Persian part wrong. "Hama Zan" translates to "All women". Not one fighting together.
Whoever translated that for you may have confused it with "Hama djang". Which would translate to "All fight". I think my interpretation makes much more sense
I thought amazon was the sponsor...
"Hame-zan" in persian actually translates to "all-women"
Everyone is pissed about Colombia but I'm more concerned that he pronounced "AM-mah-ZON" like "AM-mah-ZUN", damn Brits, open your mouths.
Our children will probably think it's named after the company or smth rip :'(
In latin languages Amazonas for the river and Amazonia for the forest.
So, how do you pronounce sliane? :P Seems gaelic.
Explain the Danube
Amazone Rainforest and river, same for the Congo Rainforest and River
how kamen rider amazon got it name ?
You should make a video about if there are any Genghis khan
Because woman are entitled to everything even our trust
It's spelled "Colombia".
Colombia
Maybe because it was amaziinnnn
Ore wa rokugo Amazon rider!
why is Jack Ma's Alibaba called Alibaba?
What about Amazon.com
There is no tribe called "The Tapuyas", this term was used by Tupi speaking tribes to refer to any non Tupi speaking tribes.
I want to order some useless item I don't need. Oh, I'm at the wrong Amazon?
I'm Asian and hearing Columbia was cringe worthy. 😵
Its colOmbia. with an O not u
It's*... Have you never heard of punctuation?
So summarized: Thanos was traveling down a jungle, was attacked by Crossdressers and named a river after them.
• 2:18 Francisco’s bust
• He is, I’m just joking because the bust looks a lot like Thanos.
there was only a few man, the tribe was still protected by women
It's Colombia, not Columbia.
this fits perfectly with your Profile Picture
In your language. In mine it actually is Columbia.
@@spineshivers What's your language?
@@yoshipercussion5126 Romanian
1:22 Ideal radical femenist world
0:20 It's "Colombia." There's a second O. That's how it's spelled and *actually pronounced*. There's no U, and if there was, it would actually be pronounced "koh-loom-bee-ah" there. GET IT RIGHT!