leguaan

leguaan

English

Etymology

French l'iguane, "the iguana", through Dutch and Afrikaans.

Noun

leguaan (plural leguaans)

1. An iguana.
2. Any of the monitor lizards
   • 2001 : Finally, a help plea yesterday from Debbie Thompson of Gonubie -- what to do about a small leguaan that had taken up residence in her "somewhat wild" garden with big trees, dense shrubs and hedges?
   • 2006 : This is the view of Sazi Mhlongo, chair of the Traditional Healers's Association of SA (Thasa). It follows the recent court appearance of a sangoma and five others after police discovered the skins of various protected animals in the sangoma's house. The skins included that of a lion, leopard, puff adder and water leguaan.

Translations

iguana — see iguana

any of the monitor lizards

Afrikaans: likkewaan

Dutch: varaan (nl) m

Anagrams

• aulnage

---

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish iguana, with assimilation of the Spanish definite article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌleː.ɣyˈaːn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: le‧gu‧aan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

leguaan f (plural leguanen, diminutive leguaantje n)

1. An iguana; lizard of the family Iguanidae; historically also including members of the Iguania.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: likkewaan
• → German: Leguan