proper noun/t͡ʃiˈwawa/
Chihuahua (a city, the state capital of Chihuahua, Mexico); Chihuahua (a municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico); Chihuahua (a state of Mexico)
Unknown. It has been posited to be a borrowing from the Nahuatl word Xicuahua ("Dry, Sandy Place"), which refers to the region's arid, desert-like landscape, but this is not certain.