chow

• ⇰ 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 >.
• ⇰ a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; -- same as chowchow{3}>, <pos>n.</pos>.