Chihuahua

chihuahua English thumb|a map of Mexico highlighting Chihuahua Etymology en es-MX Chihuahua. The dog is named after the state. Pronunciation chĭwäʹwä US, en /t͡ʃɪˈwɑwɑ/ en /t͡ʃɪˈwaʊ(w).ə/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chihuahua.wav Southern England Proper noun en city/state capital s/Chihuahua c/Mexico. en municipality s/Chihuahua c/Mexico. en state c/Mexico. Derived terms en Chihuahua pine Chihuahuan Chihuahua flower Related terms en Chihuahuan Desert Chihuahuan raven Translations state Bulgarian: bg Чиуа́уа m Cherokee: chr ᏥᏩᏩ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奇瓦瓦 Qíwǎwǎ Danish: da Chihuahua Finnish: fi Chihuahua Greek: el Τσιουάουα f Hindi: hi चिवावा Malay: ms negeri Chihuahua, ms Chihuahua Marathi: mr चिवावा n Polish: pl Chihuahua f Portuguese: pt Chihuahua Russian: ru Чиуа́уа m Spanish: es Chihuahua m Thai: th ชิวาวา Ukrainian: uk Чива́ва m Vietnamese: vi Chihuahua capital city Apache: Chiricahua: apm Jâ'é ãâyá Bulgarian: bg Чиуа́уа f Cherokee: chr ᏥᏩᏩ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奇瓦瓦 Qíwǎwǎ Danish: da Chihuahua Finnish: fi Chihuahua Greek: el Τσιουάουα f Hindi: hi चिवावा Malay: ms bandar Chihuahua, ms Chihuahua Marathi: mr चिवावा n Polish: pl Chihuahua f Portuguese: pt Chihuahua f Russian: ru Чиуа́уа m Spanish: es Chihuahua m Ukrainian: uk Чива́ва m Vietnamese: vi Chihuahua See also Noun thumb|right en Q653The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears. en Chi informal en 2019 w:Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Memoirs of a Namaaso Manchester Happened Oneworld Publications (2020) 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 en chihuahua Derived terms en Chiweenie chorkie Related terms en ay, chihuahua interjection of surprise, etc. Descendants nl chihuahua 1 Translations breed of dog Arabic: ar شِيوَاوَا m Assamese: as চিৱাৱা Belarusian: be чыхуахуа f Bulgarian: bg чихуахуа f Cebuano: ceb tsiwawa Chinese: Cantonese: yue 芝娃娃 zi1-6 waa1 waa1-4 Mandarin: cmn 吉娃娃 jíwáwá Czech: cs čivava f Danish: da chihuahua c Dutch: nl chihuahua m Esperanto: eo ĉivavo, eo Ĉivava hundo Finnish: fi chihuahua French: fr chihuahua m Georgian: ka ჩიხუახუა German: de Chihuahua m Greek: el τσιουάουα n Hebrew: he צ׳יוואווה m f chiwáwa Hindi: hi चिवावा f Hungarian: hu csivava Irish: ga sí-abhabha m f Italian: it chihuahua m Japanese: ja チワワ chiwawa Korean: ko 치와와 Lithuanian: lt čihuahua Macedonian: mk чивава Malay: ms anjing Chihuahua, ms asu Chihuahua, ms Chihuahua Malayalam: ml ചിഹ്വാഹ Marathi: mr चिवावा f Nahuatl: Central Nahuatl: nhn techichi Norwegian: Bokmål: nb chihuahua m Nynorsk: nn chihuahua m Polish: pl chihuahua f Portuguese: pt chihuahua m f Russian: ru чихуа̀хуа́ m f, ru чиуа̀уа́ m f, ru чигуа̀гуа́ m f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh чива́ва f Latin: sh čiváva f Slovak: sk čivava f Slovene: sl čivava f Spanish: es chihuahua m, es chihuahueño m Swedish: sv chihuahua c Telugu: te చువావా Thai: th ชิวาวา Ukrainian: uk Чива́ва m Vietnamese: vi chihuahua Welsh: cy tsiwawa m en terms derived from toponyms en Toy dogs Spanish es: Etymology es. It has been posited to be a borrowing from the Nahuatl word Xicuahua ("Dry, Sandy Place"), which refers to the region's arid, desert-like landscape, but this is not certain. Pronunciation +<audio:ES-Chihuahua.ogg> Proper noun m es Chihuahua city/state capital s/Chihuahua c/Mexico es Chihuahua municipality s/Chihuahua c/Mexico es Chihuahua state c/Mexico Related terms es chihuahua<t:dog> chihuahuense<t:as a noun: someone from Chihuahua> chihuahueño<t:dog> See also Turkish tr: Proper noun tr state c/Mexico Chihuahua