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Is liana a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word liana is a Scrabble US word. The word liana is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

L1I1A1N1A1

Is liana a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word liana is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

L1I1A1N1A1

Is liana a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word liana is a Words With Friends word. The word liana is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

LANAI,LIANA,

4-letter words (7 found)

ALAN,ANAL,ANIL,LAIN,LANA,NAIL,NALA,

3-letter words (9 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIN,ALA,ANA,ANI,LIN,NIL,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AI,AL,AN,IN,LA,LI,NA,

You can make 26 words from liana according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of liana

liana

English

Etymology

From French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”). The word comes from the western dialects of West Indian French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːˈɑːnə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

liana (plural lianas)

  2. (botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
    • 1884, Achilles Daunt, Frank Redcliffe: A story of travel and adventure in the forests of Venezuela (A Book for Boys), London: T. Nelson & Sons, Chapter 5, p. 99,[1]
      Flowering lianas hung in long streaming lines from the outstretched boughs and dipped their pendulous bouquets in the water of the igarape, which reflected the cloudless blue of the sky.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • climber
  • rattan
  • scrambler
  • twiner
  • vine

References

  • “liana”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • liana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Al Ain, Alani, Alina, IANAL, Lanai, lanai

Indonesian

Etymology

From English liana, from French liane, influenced by lien (“link, bond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlia̯na/
  • Hyphenation: lia‧na

Noun

liana (plural liana-liana)

  1. (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical)

Further reading

  • “liana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlja.na/, (traditional) /liˈa.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: lià‧na, (traditional) li‧à‧na

Noun

liana f (plural liane)

  1. (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical)
  2. plot (complicated)

Anagrams

  • Alina, alani, anali, inala

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French liane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlja.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: lia‧na

Noun

liana f

  1. (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical)

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: li‧a‧na

Noun

liana f (plural lianas)

  1. (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical)
    Synonym: cipó

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French liane, of unknown ultimate origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈljana/ [ˈlja.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: lia‧na

Noun

liana f (plural lianas)

  1. (botany) liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical)
    Synonyms: bejuco, guaco

Further reading

  • “liana”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-liana (infinitive kuliana)

  1. Reciprocal form of -lia

Conjugation


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