Chihuahua Definition

chə-wäwä, chē-
chihuahuas
noun
Any of a Mexican breed of very small dog with large, pointed ears.
Webster's New World
Alternative capitalization of Chihuahua.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A desert state in northwestern Mexico.

Wiktionary
The capital city of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
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Other Word Forms of Chihuahua

Noun

Singular:
Chihuahua
Plural:
chihuahuas

Origin of Chihuahua

  • The origin of the name is not known for sure, but it is old, predating the Spanish, and is thought to derive from the Nahuatl Xicuahua (“dry, sandy place”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From the name of the above state of Mexico.

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  • After Chihuahua

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See Chihuahua.

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Chihuahua Sentence Examples

  • New Mexico was occupied without opposition; Chihuahua was occupied, but not held, owing to the.

  • The largest herds are to be found in Chihuahua and Durango.

  • The longest is the Yaqui, which has its source on the eastern side of the Sierra Tarahumare in Chihuahua and breaks through several ranges of the Sierra Madre before reaching the gulf near Guaymas.

  • A still more remarkable resemblance exists in the shape and striking, red, black and yellow coloration between Scolecophis aemulus of Chihuahua and the poisonous Elaps fulvius, the American coral-snake, but Cope has been careful to point out that these two creatures are not known to inhabit the same district.

  • We wait for the savaging from Jeff the attack Chihuahua!

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