I. chə-ˈwä-(ˌ)wä, shə-, -wə noun
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Chihuahua, Mexico
Date: 1858
: any of a breed of very small roundheaded dogs that occur in short-coated and long-coated varieties
II. chē-ˈwä-(ˌ)wä, chə-, -wə geographical name
1. state N Mexico bordering on the United States area 95,400 square miles (247,086 square kilometers ), population 2,441,873
2. city, its capital metropolitan area population 530,487