>Other scholars[who?] claim that the name is derived from the Tupi word amassona, meaning "boat destroyer". Regardless of which etymology is correct, I hadn't

>Other scholars[who?] claim that the name is derived from the Tupi word amassona, meaning "boat destroyer". Regardless of which etymology is correct, I hadn't seen this explanation before and think it's wonderful, as long as I'm not in that boat. For anyone who is interested in rivers in general, you owe it to yourself to take a look at Robert Szucs' wonderfully colorful maps of river basins around the world. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/maps-art-gis-geography-robert-szucs https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/maps-art-gis-geography...