chihuahua means?

Answer 1

The state is named after its capital city, Chihuahua. The origin of the name is not known for sure, but it is old, predating the Spanish, and is thought to derive from the Nahuatl Xicuahua, or "dry, sandy place".

Chihuahua is a state in northwestern Mexico. With a mainland area of 244,938 km² (about the same as the United Kingdom), it is the largest Mexican state. Although Chihuahua is primarily identified by its large desert areas, it has more forests than any other Mexican state. On the slope of the Sierra Madre mountains (around the regions of Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc and Parral), there are vast prairies of short yellow grass, where most of the agricultural production of the state comes from.

Chihuahua stands on the U.S.-Mexico border, bounded on the north by the U.S. states of Texas and New Mexico and, to the east of Ciudad Juárez, by the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande). The states of Sonora and Sinaloa border it on the west, Durango on the south, and Coahuila on the east.

As of 1990, there were 2.5 million inhabitants of the state. The largest city is not the capital, Chihuahua, with a half-million inhabitants, but Ciudad Juárez, with 1.5 million residents (2004 estimate). The capital was founded in 1709 by Don Antonio Deza y Ulloa.

Chihuahua's population is predominantly Mestizo, but it also has one of the largest proportion of white population among the Mexican States (35%). It also includes such minority groups as the indigenous Tarahumara, Tepehuanes and Warojios in the mountainous areas, as well as large rural communities of Mennonites of German/Dutch origin and Anglo-American Mormon settlers (primarily in Colonia Juarez and Colonia Dublan, near Casas Grandes ).

Answer 2

Dal Nahuatl 'Xicuahua' = 'dry, sandy place'

"The Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog in the world and is named for the Chihuahua region in Mexico."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua_(dog)

"The state is named after its capital city, Chihuahua. The origin of the name is not known for sure, but it is old, predating the Spanish, and is thought to derive from the Nahuatl Xicuahua, or 'dry, sandy place'."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua

Answer 3

Chihuahua is a city in Mexico.

Answer 4

It's the name of one of the Mexican states which itself was named after the capital of that state. It is thought that the name is really ancient and predates the Spanish. Possibly derived from a Nahuatl indian word, Xicuahua, which means "dry, sandy place."

Answer 5

It literally means "dry, sandy place" in Nahuatl. The little dogs come from there, where they were originally bred as a food animal.

Answer 6

It is sate in mexico. It is also a dog. (the dog named after the sate why? I have no idea!!!)