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chihuahua
/t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
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What does chihuahua mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua.
- The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.
proper noun
- A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico.
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proper noun
- A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
- A state of Mexico.
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IPA pronunciation
/t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
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The first ruin found in Mexico, Casa Grandes, in Chihuahua, is evidently but another station of Pueblo tribes.
The Tarahumari Indians of the Sierra of Chihuahua, Mexico, call the sun au-nau-ru-a-mi, "high father," and the moon, je-ru-a-mi, "high mother."
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Best treatise available on freighting on Chihuahua Trail.
The ten preceding forms have evidently entered our borders from the highlands of Sonora and Chihuahua, with the exception of the Rio Grande Valley forms, texanus and sphaericus.
“It’s an opal. Spanish Johnny brought it up for me from Chihuahua in his shoe. I had it set in Denver, and I wore it to-day for your benefit.”