Shiba Inu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 柴犬 (shibainu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃiːbə ˈiːnuː/

Noun

Shiba Inu (plural Shiba Inus)

  1. A dog of a small, agile Japanese breed originally used for hunting.
    • 2014 February 18, Alex Hern, “What is Doge?”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Doge has taken the standard twists and turns, and it’s increasingly common to see images which have the format of a Doge picture but don’t actually contain any Shiba Inus at all.
    • 2021 February 8, Nathaniel Popper, “Elon Musk and Snoop Dogg Push Cryptocurrencies to Record Highs”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 February 2021:
      Even Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that began as a joke with a perpetually surprised Shiba Inu dog for its symbol, has soared almost 1,000 percent over the last week to set a record.
    • 2023 December 4, “Calming anxiety and detecting allergies: a celebration of UK service dogs – in pictures”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      Shiba Inus Rosie, Riot and Dennis, Merseyside police therapy dogs, with handler Karen.

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