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/tʃəwˈɑwˌɑ/ /tʃˌiwˈɑwə/ Listen

Chihuahua

noun

A city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico.

A state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau.

An old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization.

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"Chihuahua" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Ay, Chihuahua!" he ejaculated in shrill surprise and reined in his horse to gaze. The young hobo was running and, not far ahead, the Ground Hog was fleeing before him. They ran through bushy gulches and over cactus-crowned ridges where the sahuaros rose up like giant sentinels; until at last, ...

— Silver and Gold - A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp • Dane Coolidge

... cavaliers desert the streets. Bibulous dignitaries sit in council around Governor Alvarado's table. Mexican cigars, wine in old silver flagons (fashioned by the deft workers of Chihuahua and Durango), and carafes ...

— The Little Lady of Lagunitas • Richard Henry Savage

... history, the many bands of Apache have occupied the mountains and plains of southern Arizona and New Mexico, northern Sonora and Chihuahua, and western Texas—an area greater than that of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. They were always known as "wild" Indians, and indeed their ...

— The North American Indian • Edward S. Curtis

... his service in that region he located the stage and wagon-route from San Antonio to El Paso, surveyed a part of the Rio Grande Valley, and familiarized himself with the topography and resources of Northwestern Texas and the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. Later he was transferred to Florida and made surveys for a ship canal across the peninsula from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico. Subsequently he had charge of the Eleventh District in the light-house service with his ...

— Heroes of the Great Conflict; Life and Services of William Farrar - Smith, Major General, United States Volunteer in the Civil War • James Harrison Wilson

Words linked to "Chihuahua" : city, urban center, toy, state, metropolis, province, toy dog