Chihuahua - Wiktionary

See also: chihuahua

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:ChihuahuaWikipedia
a map of Mexico highlighting Chihuahua

Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) enPR: chĭwäʹwä, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

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Chihuahua

  1. A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico.
  2. A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
  3. A state of Mexico.

Derived terms

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  • Chihuahua flower
  • Chihuahuan
  • Chihuahua pine
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  • Chihuahuan Desert
  • Chihuahuan raven

Translations

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  • Bulgarian: Чиуа́уа m (Čiuáua)
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 奇瓦瓦 (zh) (Qíwǎwǎ)
  • Danish: Chihuahua
  • Finnish: Chihuahua (fi)
  • Greek: Τσιουάουα (el) f (Tsiouáoua)
  • Malay: negeri Chihuahua, Chihuahua
  • Marathi: चिवावा n (civāvā)
  • Portuguese: Chihuahua (pt)
  • Spanish: Chihuahua (es) m
  • Thai: ชิวาวา (chí-waa-waa)
  • Ukrainian: Чива́ва m (Čyváva)
capital city
  • Apache: Chiricahua: Jâ'é ãâyá
  • Bulgarian: Чиуа́уа f (Čiuáua)
  • Chinese: Mandarin: 奇瓦瓦 (zh) (Qíwǎwǎ)
  • Danish: Chihuahua
  • Finnish: Chihuahua (fi)
  • Greek: Τσιουάουα (el) f (Tsiouáoua)
  • Malay: bandar Chihuahua, Chihuahua
  • Marathi: चिवावा n (civāvā)
  • Portuguese: Chihuahua (pt) f
  • Spanish: Chihuahua (es) m
  • Ukrainian: Чива́ва m (Čyváva)

See also

[edit] Divisions of the United Mexican States in English (layout · text)
States: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Autonomous city: Mexico City

Noun

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Chihuahua (plural Chihuahuas)

  1. The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears. Synonym: (informal) Chi
    • 2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Memoirs of a Namaaso”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 157:The first time I saw a Chihuahua, I thought it was a battery-powered toy. Eyes too big for the face, ears of a large dog, took tens of steps to keep up, squeaked like a two-month-old pup.

Alternative forms

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  • chihuahua
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  • ay, chihuahua (interjection of surprise, etc.)

Translations

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  • Arabic: شِيوَاوَا m (šīwāwā)
  • Assamese: চিৱাৱা (siwawa)
  • Belarusian: чыхуахуа f (čyxuaxua)
  • Bulgarian: чихуахуа f (čihuahua)
  • Cebuano: tsiwawa
  • Chinese: Cantonese: 芝娃娃 (zi1-6 waa1 waa1-4) Mandarin: 吉娃娃 (zh) (jíwáwá)
  • Czech: čivava (cs) f
  • Danish: chihuahua (da) c
  • Dutch: chihuahua (nl) m
  • Esperanto: ĉivavo, Ĉivava hundo
  • Finnish: chihuahua (fi)
  • French: chihuahua (fr) m
  • Georgian: ჩიხუახუა (čixuaxua)
  • German: Chihuahua (de) m
  • Greek: τσιουάουα (el) n (tsiouáoua)
  • Hebrew: צ׳יוואווה m or f (chiwáwa)
  • Hindi: चिवावा f (civāvā), चिहुआहुआ f (cihuāhuā)
  • Hungarian: csivava (hu)
  • Irish: sí-abhabha m or f
  • Italian: chihuahua m
  • Japanese: チワワ (ja) (chiwawa)
  • Korean: 치와와 (ko) (chiwawa)
  • Lithuanian: čihuahua
  • Macedonian: чивава (čivava)
  • Malay: anjing Chihuahua, asu Chihuahua, Chihuahua
  • Malayalam: ചിഹ്വാഹ (cihvāha)
  • Marathi: चिवावा f (civāvā)
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: chihuahua m Nynorsk: chihuahua m
  • Polish: chihuahua (pl) f
  • Portuguese: chihuahua (pt) m or f
  • Russian: чихуа̀хуа́ (ru) m or f (čixuàxuá), чиуа̀уа́ m or f (čiuàuá), чигуа̀гуа́ m or f (čiguàguá)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: чива́ва f Roman: čiváva (sh) f
  • Slovak: čivava (sk) f
  • Slovene: čivava f
  • Spanish: chihuahua (es) m, chihuahueño (es) m
  • Swedish: chihuahua (sv) c
  • Telugu: చువావా (cuvāvā)
  • Thai: ชิวาวา (chí-waa-waa)
  • Ukrainian: Чива́ва m (Čyváva)
  • Welsh: tsiwawa m

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:ChihuahuaWikipedia es

Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈwawa/ [t͡ʃiˈwa.wa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Syllabification: Chi‧hua‧hua

Proper noun

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Chihuahua m

  1. Chihuahua (a city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico)
  2. Chihuahua (a municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico)
  3. Chihuahua (a state of Mexico)
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  • chihuahua (dog)
  • chihuahuense (as a noun: someone from Chihuahua)
  • chihuahueño (dog)

See also

[edit] Divisions of the United Mexican States in Spanish (layout · text)
Estados: Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · México · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Ciudad autónoma: Ciudad de México

Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:ChihuahuaWikipedia tr

Proper noun

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Chihuahua

  1. Chihuahua (a state of Mexico)

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