iguana

English

marine iguanas ()

Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/, /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

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

Noun

iguana (plural iguanas)

1. A green iguana (), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet
2. In zoology, any member of the genus Iguana
3. Colloquially, in America and the Pacific, any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae.
4. Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan)
5. Colloquially, in Australia, any member of the genus Varanus (see goanna)

Derived terms

terms derived from iguana

• American iguana ()
• black iguana ()
• black spiny-tailed iguana ()
• blue iguana ()
• desert iguana ()
• eastern casquehead iguana ()
• Fiji banded iguana ()
• Fiji crested iguana ()
• green iguana ()
• ground iguana ( spp.)
• guana
• helmeted iguana ()
• iguanoid
• Jamaican iguana ()
• land iguana ( spp.)
• lesser antillean iguana ()
• marine iguana ()
• Mona island iguana ()
• pink iguana ()
• rhino iguana/rhinoceros iguana ()
• rock iguana ( spp.)
• Tarapaca Pacific iguana ()

Translations

any of several members of the lizard family Iguanidae

• Arabic: إِغْوَانَا f (ʔiḡwānā)
• Belarusian: ігуа́на f (ihuána)
• Bikol Central: layagan (bcl)
• Bulgarian: игуа́на (bg) f (iguána)
• Catalan: iguana (ca) f
• Chamicuro: kamashe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鬣蜥 (zh) (lièxī)

• Dutch: leguaan (nl) m, iguana (nl) m
• Esperanto: igvano
• Finnish: leguaani
• French: iguane (fr) f
• German: Leguan (de) m
• Greek: ιγκουάνα f (igkouána)
• Guerrero Nahuatl: kojketspalin
• Gujarati: ઘો (gho)
• Hebrew: איגואנה
• Ido: iguano (io)
• Inabaknon: layagan
• Indonesian: iguana
• Irish: ioguána m
• Italian: iguana (it) f
• Japanese: イグアナ (ja) (iguana)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 이구아나 (ko) (iguana)
• Mon: ဓကောတ် (mnw)
• Macedonian: игуана f (iguana)
• Malay: iguana
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh
• Pali: godhā f
• Pangasinan: basakay, tilay
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} ایگوانا (igvânâ)
• Polish: iguana (pl) f, legwan (pl) m
• Portuguese: iguana (pt) f
• Romanian: iguană (ro) f
• Russian: игуа́на (ru) f (iguána)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: игуана f

  Roman: iguana (sh) f

• Spanish: iguana (es) f
• Swedish: leguan c
• Tagalog: bayawak
• Thai: อิกัวนา (ì-guua-nâa)
• Turkish: iguana (tr)
• Ukrainian: ігуа́на f (ihuána)
• Vietnamese: kỳ nhông, cự đà
• Volapük: liguan
• Welsh: igwana m

any member of the genus Iguana

• Chamicuro: kamashe
• Czech: leguán m
• Dutch: leguaan (nl) m
• Finnish: iguaani (fi)
• German: Leguan (de) m
• Italian: iguana (it) f
• Malay: iguana
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh
• Polish: iguana (pl) f, legwan (pl) m
• Portuguese: iguana (pt) f
• Romanian: iguană (ro) f
• Spanish: iguana (es) f
• Turkish: iguana (tr)
• Volapük: leguan m or f, hileguan m, jileguan f; (offspring) leguanül m or f, hileguanül m, jileguanül f

a green iguana (Iguana iguana)

• Bulgarian: игуана (bg) f (iguana)
• Dutch: leguaan (nl) m
• Finnish: iguaani (fi)
• German: grüner Leguan m
• Guerrero Amuzgo: kítzkó
• Hungarian: iguána
• Italian: iguana (it) f
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼiitsoh dootłʼizhígíí
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: legwan zielony
• Portuguese: iguana (pt) f
• Romanian: iguană (ro) f
• Russian: игуа́на (ru) f (iguána)
• Spanish: iguana (es) f
• Swedish: grön leguan c
• Turkish: iguana (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Isthmus Zapotec: ^{(please verify)} guchachiʼ, ^{(please verify)} guiu (small)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

References

• “iguana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “iguana”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Iguana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iguana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Iguana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Guiana, Inagua

---

Galician

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

Further reading

• “iguana”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

---

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

iguana f (plural iguane)

1. iguana

Anagrams

• Guiana, agunai, guaina

---

Japanese

Romanization

iguana

1. Rōmaji transcription of イグアナ

---

Kikuyu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɣuana/

Verb

iguana (infinitive kũiguana)

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

   Nĩ mũiguanĩte ta gĩkwa na mũkũngũgũ.

   You (plural) agree like David and Jonathan.

Related terms

(Nouns)

• ũiguano class 14

---

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

Noun

iguana f

1. iguana

   Synonym: legwan

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

Further reading

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

---

Portuguese

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

---

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno *iwana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈɡwana/ [iˈɣ̞wa.na]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)

1. iguana

Descendants

• → Dutch: leguaan
  • Afrikaans: likkewaan
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: linggwana
  • → German: Leguan
  • → Sranan Tongo: legwana
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: lagwáná
• → English: iguana
• → French: iguane
• → Japanese: イグアナ

Further reading

• “iguana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

---

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

iguana (definite accusative iguanayı, plural iguanalar)

1. iguana

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	iguana
Definite accusative	iguanayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	iguana	iguanalar
Definite accusative	iguanayı	iguanaları
Dative	iguanaya	iguanalara
Locative	iguanada	iguanalarda
Ablative	iguanadan	iguanalardan
Genitive	iguananın	iguanaların