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chihuahua

/t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/

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What does chihuahua mean?

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua.
  2. The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.

proper noun

  1. A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico.
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
  2. A state of Mexico.

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IPA pronunciation

/t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/t͡ʃɪˈwɑwɑ/
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The first ruin found in Mexico, Casa Grandes, in Chihuahua, is evidently but another station of Pueblo tribes.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
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."
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
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Best treatise available on freighting on Chihuahua Trail.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
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.
John Merle CoulterA Preliminary Revision of the North American Species of Cactus, Anhalonium, and LophophoraProject Gutenberg ebook #1221
“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.”
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44