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agama

/əˈɡeɪ̯.mə/ Canada, US, UK
/æɡ.ə.mə/ Canada, US, UK
/aɡ.ə.mə/ Canada, US, UK
/əˈɡæɪ̯.mə/ Australia, New Zealand
/æɡ.ə.mə/ Australia, New Zealand
/ɛɡ.ə.mə/ Australia, New Zealand
/əˈɡe.mə/ Scotland
/ʌˈɡe.mʌ/ Scotland
/aɡ.ə.mə/ Scotland
/aɡ.ʌ.mʌ/ Scotland
/aˈɡeː.ma/ India
/a(ː)ɡ.a.ma/ India

Rhymes with -eɪmə, -æɡəmə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), borrowed from a Gbe language. Compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

noun agamas

Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.

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noun lizard of the family Agamidae

日本語	アガマ agama
Português	agama
Deutsch	Agame
Italiano	agama
Русский	ага́ма agáma
العربية	عَضْرَفُوط ʕaḍrafūṭ, أُمّ حُبَيْن ʔumm ḥubayn

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@misc{agama_2026,
  title = {agama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/agama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}