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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Chow

/chou/ · IPA /t͡ʃaʊ/
01 n. A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.
  1. 1.
    A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.
  2. 2.
    a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; -- same as chowchow{3}, n.. See: chowchow{3}