Chihuahua

See also: chihuahua

English

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): (file)

Proper noun

Chihuahua

A city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico.
A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
A state of Mexico.

Derived terms

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)

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: (file)
Rhymes: -awa
Syllabification: Chi‧hua‧hua

Proper noun

Chihuahua m

Chihuahua (a city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico)
Chihuahua (a municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico)
Chihuahua (a state of Mexico)

Related terms

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

Turkish

Proper noun

Chihuahua

Chihuahua (a state of Mexico)