chihuahua

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a city in northern Mexico in the state of Chihuahua; commercial center of northern Mexico
noun a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
noun an old breed of tiny short-haired dog with protruding eyes from Mexico held to antedate Aztec civilization

See Chihuahua.

They have devastated and depopulated a great portion of Sonora and Chihuahua. — The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions, Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes) Marcy
The engineer from Boston Tech. kept his oath about mining in Chihuahua. — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis
Them dam’ feather dusters stops here or at Crow Springs or the Comudas, reg’lar, comin’ from Mescalero to Chihuahua. — Wanted—?, Eugene Cunningham

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