CHIHUAHUAN DESERT

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chihuahuan Desert mean? 

• CHIHUAHUAN DESERT (noun)
  The noun CHIHUAHUAN DESERT has 1 sense:

1. a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico

  Familiarity information: CHIHUAHUAN DESERT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIHUAHUAN DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Chihuahuan Desert" is a part of...):

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)