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goanna

/ɡəʊ̯ˈæn.ə/ UK
/ɡəʊ̯ˈan.ə/ UK
/ɡoʊ̯ˈæn.ə/ Canada, US
/ɡəʉ̯ˈæn.ə/ Australia
/ɡɐʉ̯ˈæn.ə/ Australia
/ɡɐʉ̯ˈɛn.ə/ New Zealand
/ɡoˈan.ə/ Scotland
/ɡoˈan.ʌ/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ænə

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A respelling in Australia of guana, from iguana. Rhyming slang sense 2 rhyming on colloquial pronunciation pianner.

noun goannas

Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia. Four goannas ran up the tree, and the animals of the bush had preyed so very lavishly on the remains of mortality that the thorax and other parts of the neck, together with various portions of flesh from the body, were missing.
Australia, slang A piano.

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noun any of various monitor lizards native to Australia

Español	goanna
中文	巨蜥 jùxī
Français	goanna
Italiano	goanna
Русский	вара́н varán, гоа́нна goánna

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"goanna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/goanna. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{goanna_2026,
  title = {goanna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/goanna},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}