name
Meaning 1
A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chihuahua
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Pronunciation
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US: chĭwäʹwä
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US: /t͡ʃɪˈwɑwɑ/
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UK: /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/
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UK: /t͡ʃɪ.waʊ(w).ə/
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US: /t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
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name
Meaning 2
A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
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name
Meaning 3
A state of Mexico.
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of Chihuahua.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 5
The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.
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Synonyms: Chi
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noun
Meaning 6
an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: toy dog, toy
noun
Meaning 7
a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: state, province
noun
Meaning 8
a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state.
See Chihuahua.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: Чиуа́уа (Čiuáua) — state
- Cherokee: ᏥᏩᏩ (tsiwawa) — state
- Chinese Mandarin: 奇瓦瓦 (Qíwǎwǎ) — state
- Danish: Chihuahua — state
- Finnish: Chihuahua — state
- Greek: Τσιουάουα (Tsiouáoua) — state
- Hindi: चिवावा (civāvā) — state
- Malay: negeri Chihuahua — state
- Malay: Chihuahua — state
- Marathi: चिवावा (civāvā) — state
- Polish: Chihuahua — state
- Portuguese: Chihuahua — state
- Russian: Чиуа́уа (Čiuáua) — state
- Spanish: Chihuahua — state
- Thai: ชิวาวา (chí-waa-waa) — state
- Ukrainian: Чива́ва (Čyváva) — state
- Vietnamese: Chihuahua — state
- Chiricahua: Jâ'é ãâyá — capital city
- Bulgarian: Чиуа́уа (Čiuáua) — capital city
- Cherokee: ᏥᏩᏩ (tsiwawa) — capital city
- Chinese Mandarin: 奇瓦瓦 (Qíwǎwǎ) — capital city
- Danish: Chihuahua — capital city
- Finnish: Chihuahua — capital city
- Greek: Τσιουάουα (Tsiouáoua) — capital city
- Hindi: चिवावा (civāvā) — capital city
- Malay: bandar Chihuahua — capital city
- Malay: Chihuahua — capital city
- Marathi: चिवावा (civāvā) — capital city
- Polish: Chihuahua — capital city
- Portuguese: Chihuahua — capital city
- Russian: Чиуа́уа (Čiuáua) — capital city
- Spanish: Chihuahua — capital city
- Ukrainian: Чива́ва (Čyváva) — capital city
- Vietnamese: Chihuahua — capital city
- Arabic: شِيوَاوَا (šīwāwā) — breed of dog
- Assamese: চিৱাৱা (siwawa) — breed of dog
- Belarusian: чыхуахуа (čyxuaxua) — breed of dog
- Bulgarian: чихуахуа (čihuahua) — breed of dog
- Cebuano: tsiwawa — breed of dog
- Chinese Cantonese: 芝娃娃 — breed of dog
- Chinese Mandarin: 吉娃娃 (jíwáwá) — breed of dog
- Czech: čivava — breed of dog
- Danish: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Dutch: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Esperanto: ĉivavo — breed of dog
- Esperanto: Ĉivava hundo — breed of dog
- Finnish: chihuahua — breed of dog
- French: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Georgian: ჩიხუახუა (čixuaxua) — breed of dog
- German: Chihuahua — breed of dog
- Greek: τσιουάουα (tsiouáoua) — breed of dog
- Hebrew: צ׳יוואווה (chiwáwa) — breed of dog
- Hindi: चिवावा (civāvā) — breed of dog
- Hungarian: csivava — breed of dog
- Irish: sí-abhabha — breed of dog
- Italian: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Japanese: チワワ (chiwawa) — breed of dog
- Korean: 치와와 (chiwawa) — breed of dog
- Lithuanian: čihuahua — breed of dog
- Macedonian: чивава (čivava) — breed of dog
- Malay: anjing Chihuahua — breed of dog
- Malay: asu Chihuahua — breed of dog
- Malay: Chihuahua — breed of dog
- Malayalam: ചിഹ്വാഹ (cihvāha) — breed of dog
- Marathi: चिवावा (civāvā) — breed of dog
- Norwegian Bokmål: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Norwegian Nynorsk: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Polish: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Portuguese: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Russian: чихуа̀хуа́ (čixuàxuá) — breed of dog
- Russian: чиуа̀уа́ (čiuàuá) — breed of dog
- Russian: чигуа̀гуа́ (čiguàguá) — breed of dog
- Serbo-Croatian: чива́ва — breed of dog
- Serbo-Croatian: čiváva — breed of dog
- Slovak: čivava — breed of dog
- Slovene: čivava — breed of dog
- Spanish: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Spanish: chihuahueño — breed of dog
- Swedish: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Telugu: చువావా (cuvāvā) — breed of dog
- Thai: ชิวาวา (chí-waa-waa) — breed of dog
- Ukrainian: Чива́ва (Čyváva) — breed of dog
- Vietnamese: chihuahua — breed of dog
- Welsh: tsiwawa — breed of dog
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