iguana

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/, /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: ĭ-gwäʹ-nə, IPA^(key): /ɪˈɡwɑnə/, /əˈɡwɑnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

iguana (plural iguanas)

1. A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.
   • 2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Lizards For Kids, page 18:

     The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […]

2. (zoology) Any member of the genus Iguana.
3. Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
   • 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 44:

     Marine iguanas line the shores of the islands, and are usually seen sprawled over lava rocks near the sea.

4. Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
5. (Australia, formerly) Any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna).
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 161:

     The last they had had, was an iguana one of the blacks had brought in; and though he felt disgusted at the idea of eating it, he made up into a kind of stew, and they both enjoyed it immensely.

• “iguana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “iguana”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Iguana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iguana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Iguana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Guiana, Inagua

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

• “iguana”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡwa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: i‧guà‧na

iguana f (plural iguane)

1. iguana

• Guiana, agunai, guaina

iguana

1. Rōmaji transcription of イグアナ

Reciprocal form of kũigua (“to hear”);^[1] literally, “to hear each other”.

• IPA^(key): /iɣuana/

iguana (infinitive kũiguana)

1. to agree^[1]
2. to be reconciled^[1]
3. to be in one mind^[1]
4. to be friendly^[1]

   Nĩ mũiguanĩte ta gĩkwa na mũkũngũgũ.

   You (plural) agree like David and Jonathan.^[2]

(Nouns)

• ũiguano class 14

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

• IPA^(key): /i.ɡuˈa.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: i‧gu‧a‧na

iguana f

1. iguana

   Synonym: legwan

• iguana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• iguana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• iguano

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

• Rhymes: -ɐnɐ
• Hyphenation: i‧gua‧na

iguana f or (rare) m (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “iguana-macho” for male, and “iguana-fêmea” for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and doesn't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.

Borrowed from Taíno *iwana.

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡwana/ [iˈɣ̞wa.na]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: i‧gua‧na

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

• “iguana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

• IPA^(key): [iɡʋˈɑnɑ]
• Hyphenation: i‧gu‧a‧na

iguana (definite accusative iguanayı, plural iguanalar)

1. iguana