Chihuahua

See also: chihuahua

English

a map of Mexico highlighting Chihuahua

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: chĭwäʹwä, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Chihuahua

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

Derived terms

• Chihuahua flower (Graptopetalum bellum, syn. Tacitus bellus)
• Chihuahuan
• Chihuahua pine

Related terms

• Chihuahuan Desert
• Chihuahuan raven

Translations

state

• 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
• 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)

Noun

Chihuahua (plural Chihuahuas)

2. 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

• chihuahua

Related terms

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

Translations

breed of dog

• Arabic: شِيوَاوَا m (šīwāwā)
• Assamese: চিৱাৱা (siwawa)
• Belarusian: чыхуахуа f (čyxuaxua)
• Bulgarian: чихуахуа f (čihuahua)
• Cebuano: tsiwawa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芝娃娃 (zi^1-6 waa¹ waa^1-4)

  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 (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 m, chihuahueño (es) m
• Swedish: chihuahua (sv) c
• Telugu: చువావా (cuvāvā)
• Thai: ชีวาวา
• Ukrainian: Чива́ва m (Čyváva)
• Welsh: tsiwawa m

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈwawa/ [t͡ʃiˈwa.wa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awa
• Syllabification: Chi‧hua‧hua

Proper noun

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)

Related terms

• chihuahua (“dog”)
• chihuahuense (“as a noun: someone from Chihuahua”)
• chihuahueño (“dog”)

Turkish

Proper noun

Chihuahua

1. Chihuahua (a state of Mexico)