llama

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UK/ˈlɑː.mə/Canada, US/ˈlɑmə/Canada, US/ˈjɑmə/Australia, New Zealand/ˈlɐː.mə/

noun

A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

OriginSpanish llama ← Quechua llama →
Less commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

llama1

nounllama (plural llamas)

plural llamas

  1. A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
  2. slangA firearm, especially a handgun.

llama2

nounllama (plural llamas)

plural llamas

  1. archaicBuddhismArchaic form of lama.

    He was, as it were, a great Llama, shut up in a holy of holies, inscrutable, invisible, inexorable,—not to be seen by men's eyes or heard by their ears, hardly to be mentioned by ordinary men at such periods as these without an inward quaking.

    1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

Origin

llama · noun

  1. Quechuallama
  2. Spanishllama
  3. Englishllama

Borrowed from Spanish llama, borrowed from Quechua llama.

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llama · noun

  1. Tibetanབླ (bla)
  2. Tibetanམ (ma)
  3. Tibetanབླ་མ (bla ma)
  4. Englishllama

Borrowed from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

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Translations

Afrikaans lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Arabic لَامَا
  • لَامَا (lāmā)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Bulgarian ла́ма
  • ла́ма (láma)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Catalan llama
  • llamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Chinese Mandarin 大羊駝 /大羊驼, 駱馬 /骆马
  • 大羊駝 /大羊驼 (dàyángtuo)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • 駱馬 /骆马 (luòmǎ)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • 駝羊 /驼羊 (tuóyáng)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • 無峰駱駝 /无峰骆驼 (wúfēngluòtuo)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • 家羊駝 /家羊驼 (jiāyángtuo)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Czech lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Danish lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Dutch lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Esperanto lamo
  • lamoSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Finnish laama
  • laamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
French lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
German Lama
  • LamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Greek λάμα
  • λάμα (láma)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Hebrew לָמָּה
  • לָמָּה (lama)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Hindi लामा
  • लामा (lāmā)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Hungarian láma
  • lámaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Icelandic lamadýr
  • lamadýrSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Irish láma
  • lámaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Italian lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Japanese ラマ, リャマ
  • ラマ (rama)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • リャマ (ryama)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Korean 라마
  • 라마 (rama)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Malay llama
  • llamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Norwegian Bokmål lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Persian شتر بیکوهان, لاما
  • شتر بیکوهان (šotor-e bikohân)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • لاما (lâmâ)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Polish lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Portuguese lhama, lama
  • lhamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Romanian lamă
  • lamăSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Russian ла́ма
  • ла́ма (láma)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Slovak lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Spanish llama, llamingo
  • llamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
  • llamingoSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Swedish lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Tagalog liyama
  • liyamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Thai ยามา
  • ยามา (yaa-maa)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Turkish lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Ukrainian ла́ма
  • ла́ма (láma)South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Vietnamese lạc đà không bướu
  • lạc đà không bướuSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama
Welsh lama
  • lamaSouth American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with llama

dramamamapanoramaOsamaRamalamakamaBrahmadioramacamaFujiyamacycloramaamahRuhnama
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Sounds the same

lamalama

Anagrams

MallaAllam
Cite this entry
APA

llama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/llama

MLA

“llama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/llama. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “llama,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/llama.

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