# iguana
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/, /ɪˈɡwɑːnə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: ĭ-gwäʹ-nə, IPA: /ɪˈɡwɑnə/, /əˈɡwɑnə/
* Rhymes: -ɑːnə

### Noun

iguana (plural iguanas)
* 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 […]
* (zoology) Any member of the genus Iguana.
* 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.
* Colloquially, in Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* American iguana (Iguana iguana)
* black iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
* black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
* blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi)
* desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)
* eastern casquehead iguana (Laemanctus longipes)
* Fiji banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
* Fiji crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)
* green iguana (Iguana iguana)
* ground iguana (Cyclura spp.)
* guana
* helmeted iguana (Corytophanes cristatus)
* iguanoid
* Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei)
* land iguana (Conolophus spp.)
* lesser antillean iguana (Iguana delicatissima)
* marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
* Mona island iguana (Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri)
* pink iguana (Conolophus marthae)
* rhino iguana/rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
* ringed spinytail iguana
* rock iguana (Cyclura spp.)
* Tarapaca Pacific iguana (Microlophus tarapacensis)

#### Translations

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### References

* “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

### Anagrams

* Guiana, Inagua

## Galician
### Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

### Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)
* iguana

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈɡwa.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: i‧guà‧na

### Noun

iguana f (plural iguane)
* iguana

### Anagrams

* Guiana, agunai, guaina

## Japanese
### Romanization

iguana
* Rōmaji transcription of イグアナ

## Kikuyu
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iɣuana/

### Verb

iguana (infinitive kũiguana)
* to agree
* to be reconciled
* to be in one mind
* to be friendly
    Nĩ mũiguanĩte ta gĩkwa na mũkũngũgũ.You (plural) agree like David and Jonathan.

#### Related terms

(Nouns)
* ũiguano class 14

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 “igua” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 183. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
* ↑ Barra, G. (1960). 1,000 Kikuyu proverbs: with translations and English equivalents, p. 85. London: Macmillan.

## Polish
### Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.ɡuˈa.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: i‧gu‧a‧na

### Noun

iguana f
* iguana
    Synonym: legwan

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* iguano

### Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /iˈɡwɐ̃.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /iˈɡwɐ̃.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /iˈɡwɐ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈɡwɐ.nɐ/ [iˈɣwɐ.nɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈɡwɐ.nɐ/ [iˈɣwɐ.nɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /iˈɡwa.nɐ/ [iˈɣwa.nɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɐnɐ
* Hyphenation: i‧gua‧na

### Noun

iguana f or (rare) m (plural iguanas)
* iguana

#### Usage notes

* 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 don't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno *iwana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈɡwana/ [iˈɣ̞wa.na]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ana
* Syllabification: i‧gua‧na

### Noun

iguana f (plural iguanas)
* iguana

#### Derived terms

* iguana verde

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: leguaan
** Afrikaans: likkewaan
** Berbice Creole Dutch: linggwana
** → German: Leguan
** → Sranan Tongo: legwana
*** → Caribbean Hindustani: lagwáná
* → English: iguana
* → French: iguane
* → Galician: iguana
* → Italian: iguana
* → Japanese: イグアナ (iguana)
* → Portuguese: iguana
* → Turkish: iguana

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Spanish iguana, from Taíno *iwana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iɡʋˈɑnɑ]
* Hyphenation: i‧gu‧a‧na

### Noun

iguana (definite accusative iguanayı, plural iguanalar)
* iguana