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Chihuahua

Chihuahua

11 3.3
A very small dog from Mexico with short hair, large eyes, and a rounded head
  • noun
  • /tʃɪˈwɑːwɑː/
translation icon : chihuahua
  • Compared to other miniature dogs, he says Chihuahuas have more personality.
  • Chihuahuas yap
  • little Chihuahua
  • three Chihuahuas

And then a few weeks ago he met my friend B and her two adorable dogs, Klaus the Pitbull and Bambi the Chihuahua.

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Examples

  • Shops not selling food in London always turned a blind eye to people carrying tiny dogs (chihuahuas, etc.).

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  • We meet Tinkerbell, the spoiled chihuahua who yearns for the wild life, as long as it includes fizzy water running in cool streams.

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  • Well, my mom had a Chihuahua mix, still does.

  • If a Chihuahua can bark off a big dog, they can too.

  • I got two chihuahuas at home to feed.

  • His elderly Chihuahua, Sweet Pea had to get put down because she was sick.

  • Al Snow was gaining some popularity by coming to the ring with an adorable chihuahua named Pepper.

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  • It is a Chihuahua that has the patterns of a cow and it's smaller than your foot.

  • If we can find a home for three senior labs, placing two chihuahuas together should be easy.

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  • I had chihuahuas once.

How Small

Chihuahua
11 3.3
pug
24 1.0
beagle
23 1.3
Labrador
1 1.9
Great Dane
9 2.6

Surface Forms

Chihuahua singular
Chihuahuas plural

Etymology

Chihuahua for the dog is named after the Mexican state and city of Chihuahua, where the small dogs were found and became known. So a Chihuahua today is simply a little dog 'from Chihuahua'.