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7-letter words (2 found)

AULNAGE,LEGUAAN,

6-letter words (8 found)

ALNAGE,ANLAGE,GALENA,LAGENA,LAGUNA,LAGUNE,LANGUE,LEGUAN,

5-letter words (16 found)

AGUNA,ALANE,ALANG,ALGAE,ANGEL,ANGLE,GALEA,GENAL,GENUA,GLEAN,GUANA,LAGAN,LAUAN,LUNGE,NUGAE,ULNAE,

4-letter words (40 found)

AGEN,AGLU,AGUE,ALAE,ALAN,ALGA,ANAL,ANGA,AULA,AUNE,EGAL,ELAN,GAEN,GALA,GALE,GANE,GAUN,GEAL,GEAN,GENA,GENU,GLEN,GLUE,GUAN,GULA,GULE,LANA,LANE,LANG,LEAN,LENG,LUGE,LUNA,LUNE,LUNG,NAGA,NALA,NEAL,ULAN,ULNA,

3-letter words (34 found)

AAL,AGA,AGE,ALA,ALE,ALU,ANA,ANE,AUA,AUE,EAN,EAU,ENG,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAU,GEL,GEN,GNU,GUE,GUL,GUN,LAG,LEA,LEG,LEU,LUG,LUN,NAE,NAG,NEG,NUG,ULE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AA,AE,AG,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,GU,LA,NA,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 116 words from leguaan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of leguaan

leguaan

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? [1]
    • 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. [2]

Translations

Anagrams

  • aulnage

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌleː.ɣyˈaːn/
  • 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.

Derived terms

  • zeeleguaan

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: likkewaan
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: linggwana
  • → German: Leguan
  • → Sranan Tongo: legwana
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: lagwáná

Source: wiktionary.org