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shiba

shiba is the ellipsis of Shiba Inu.

Meaning of Shiba Inu

Noun

Shiba Inu (plural Shiba Inus)

  1. A dog of a small, agile Japanese breed originally used for hunting.
    • Doge has taken the standard twists and turns, and it’s increasingly common to see images which have the format of a Doge picture but don’t actually contain any Shiba Inus at all.2014 February 18, Alex Hern, “What is Doge?”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    Shiba, shibe

Proper noun capitalized: Shiba

Shiba

  1. An area of Minato, Tokyo prefecture, Japan.

Noun capitalized: Shiba

Shiba (plural Shibas)

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Shiba Inu.
    • The red Shibas are an orange color, like the setting sun.1986, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, page 14
    • Five Collies had a higher prevalence of slight arrhythmia than seven Shibas when given milbemycin D at 1, 2.5 or 5 mg/kg daily for 10 days.1987, Small Animal Abstracts, page 69

Forms of shiba

pluralshibas
alternative formShiba
pluralShibas
alternative formshiba

Origin of shiba

Borrowed from Japanese 芝 (Shiba).

Phrases with shiba

Questions about shiba

What does shiba mean?
Shiba means an area of Minato, Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
What is shiba the ellipsis of?
Shiba is the ellipsis of Shiba Inu.
What part of speech is shiba?
Shiba can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near shiba in the dictionary

  1. Shiastan
  2. Shiatic
  3. shiatsu
  4. shiatzu
  5. Shiawassee County
  6. shiba
  7. shiba inu
  8. shiba inus
  9. shibah
  10. shibahs
  11. shibal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shiba (page history and authors); Shiba (page history and authors); Shiba Inu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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