iguana

English

Wikipedia

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/, X-SAMPA: /I"gwA:n@/
• (US) enPR: ĭ-gwäʹ-nə, IPA: /ɪˈɡwɑnə/, X-SAMPA: /I"gwAn@/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Etymology

Spanish iguana, from Taino iwana.

Noun

iguana (plural iguanas)

1. Any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
2. Any member of the genus Iguana.
3. A green iguana (Iguana iguana); a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.

Translations

any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae

• Arabic: إغوانا (ar) (ʾiġwānā) f
• Belarusian: ігуана (be) (ihuána) f
• Bulgarian: игуана (bg) (iguána) f
• Chamicuro: kamashe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鬣蜥 (cmn) (lièxī)

• Dutch: leguaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: igvano (eo)
• Finnish: leguaani (fi)
• French: iguane (fr) f
• German: Leguan (de) m
• Greek: ιγκουάνα (el) (igouána) f
• Hebrew: איגואנה (he)
• Ido: iguano (io)
• Indonesian: iguana (id)
• Italian: iguana (it) f
• Japanese: イグアナ (ja) (iguana)

• Korean: 이구아나 (ko) (iguana)
• Malay: iguana (ms)
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh
• Persian: ایگوانا (fa) (igvânâ)
• Polish: iguana (pl) f
• Portuguese: iguana (pt) f
• Romanian: iguană (ro) f
• Russian: игуана (ru) (iguána) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: игуана (sh) f

  Roman: iguana (sh) f

• Spanish: iguana (es) f
• Turkish: iguana (tr)
• Ukrainian: ігуана (uk) (ihuána) f
• Vietnamese: kỳ nhông (vi), cự đà (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) liguan (vo), (♂) hiliguan (vo), (♀) jiliguan (vo), (♂♀ offspring) liguanül (vo), (♂ offspring) hiliguanül (vo), (♀) jiliguanül (vo), (augmentative ♂♀) leliguan (vo), (diminutive ♂♀) liguanil (vo)

any member of the genus Iguana

• Chamicuro: kamashe
• Czech: leguán (cs) m
• Dutch: leguaan (nl) m
• Finnish: iguaani (fi)
• German: Leguan (de) m
• Italian: iguana (it) f
• Malay: iguana (ms)
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh
• Polish: iguana (pl) f

• Portuguese: iguana (pt) f
• Romanian: iguană (ro) f
• Spanish: iguana (es) f
• Turkish: iguana (tr)
• Volapük: (male or female) leguan (vo), (male) hileguan (vo), (female) jileguan (vo), (male or female offspring, young) leguanül (vo), (male offspring, young) hileguanül (vo), (female offspring, young) jileguanül (vo)

a green iguana (Iguana iguana)

• Amuzgo: kítzkó
• Dutch: leguaan (nl) m
• Finnish: iguaani (fi)
• German: grüner Leguan (de) m ("der grüne Leguan")
• Hungarian: iguána
• Italian: iguana (it) f
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh dootłʼizhígíí

• Polish: legwan zielony
• Portuguese: iguana (pt) f
• Romanian: iguană (ro) f
• Russian: игуана (ru) (iguána) f
• Spanish: iguana (es) f
• Turkish: iguana (tr)

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• Isthmus Zapotec: guchachiʼ, guiu (small)

Derived terms

• guana

Anagrams

• Guiana

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Galician

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

iguana f (plural iguane)

1. iguana

Anagrams

• guaina, Guiana

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Polish

Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taino iwana.

Pronunciation

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Noun

iguana f

1. iguana

Declension

    declension of iguana

	singular	plural
nominative	iguana	iguany
genitive	iguany	iguan
dative	iguanie	iguanom
accusative	iguanę	iguany
instrumental	iguaną	iguanami
locative	iguanie	iguanach
vocative	iguano	iguany

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Portuguese

Noun

iguana f

1. iguana.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Taino iwana.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i.ˈɡwa.na/, X-SAMPA: /i."gwa.na/

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

Descendants

• English: iguana

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [iɡʋ'ɑnɑ]
• Hyphenation: i‧gu‧a‧na

Noun

iguana (definite accusative iguanayı, plural iguanalar)

1. iguana

Declension

declension of iguana

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	iguana	iguanalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	iguanayı	iguanaları
dative (yönelme)	iguanaya	iguanalara
locative (bulunma)	iguanada	iguanalarda
ablative (çıkma)	iguanadan	iguanalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	iguananın	iguanaların