name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌænəˈkɒndə/
General-American:/ˌænəˈkɑndə/
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/ˌɛə̯nəˈkɑndə/æ-raising
/ˌeə̯nəˈkɑndə/æ-raising
CMU ARPABET:AE2 N AH0 K AA1 N D AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A ghost town in the Boundary Country district, British Columbia, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A city, the county seat of Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States, situated at the foot of the Anaconda Range.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 6
A large penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, slang, vulgar
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noun
Meaning 7
A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
A hognose snake of this morph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A contrabass serpent, a kind of musical instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 10
A particular variety of stud poker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: card-games, games
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noun
Meaning 11
large arboreal boa of tropical South America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Eunectes murinus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boa
History
Etymology
From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakandayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kanda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَنَاكُنْدَة
(ʔanakonda)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Asturian:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Azerbaijani:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Belarusian:
анако́нда
(anakónda)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Borôro:
jure
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Bulgarian:
анако́нда
(anakónda)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Catalan:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Chinese Mandarin:
大水蟒
(dàshuǐmǎng)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Chinese Mandarin:
森蚺
(sēnrán)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Czech:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Danish:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Dutch:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Esperanto:
anakondo
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Finnish:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
French:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
German:
Anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Greek:
ανακόντα
(anakónta)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Ido:
anakondo
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Irish:
anacanda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Italian:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Japanese:
アナコンダ
(anakonda)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Korean:
아나콘다
(anakonda)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Marathi:
आणणे and कोंडणे
(āṇṇe and koṇḍṇe)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Persian:
آناکوندا
(ânâkondâ)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Polish:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Portuguese:
sucuri
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Portuguese:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Quechua:
yakumama
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Romanian:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Russian:
анако́нда
(anakónda)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Serbo-Croatian:
анаконда
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Serbo-Croatian:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Spanish:
anaconda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Spanish:
yacumama
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Sranan Tongo:
aboma
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Swedish:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Tagalog:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Tamil:
ஆனைக்கொன்றான்
(āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Thai:
อนาคอนดา
(à-naa-kɔn-dâa)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Turkish:
anakonda
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Ukrainian:
анако́нда
(anakónda)
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
Welsh:
neidr
— any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes
