How many syllables in iguana?

There are 3 syllables in the word iguana.

How to pronounce iguana:

iguana (noun):: any of various large lizards; large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central America and South America.; any of various large chiefly herbivorous usually green or brownish tropical american lizards (family iguanidae, the iguana family) that have a serrated dorsal crest and large dewlap

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