As nouns the difference between guana and guasa
is that guana is a contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America. (Reference: The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words, Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ISBN 187648585X. while guasa is the jewfish.
guana
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(US) A contraction of iguana (the lizard) made in British colonial America. (Reference: The Dinkum Dictionary : The Origins of Australian Words , Susan Butler, Text Publishing, 2001, ISBN 187648585X.)
Derived terms
* goanna