Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leguaan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leguaan
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Any of the monitor lizards.

Example Sentences

"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? http://www.dispatch.co.za/2001/01/18/editoria/CHIEL.HTM"
"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. https://web.archive.org/web/20060926093033/http://www.pawtal.co.za/pages/article.asp?ID=337"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: l'iguane

Inflected Forms

leguaans (plural)

Questions

What does leguaan mean?: An iguana.
Where does leguaan come from?: It is traced to French.

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