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Where does “iguana” come from?
iguana (Italian) comes from Spanish iguana, from Taíno iwana — iguana.
iguana
(Italian): iguana
Definitions
iguana
Ancestry of “iguana”, step by step
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Language
Word
Meaning
1
Spanish
iguana
iguana
2
Taíno
iwana
iguana
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