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Iowa

proper noun

  1. American state
  2. river flowing southeast from northern Iowa to the Mississippi River
  3. member of an American Indian people originally of Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota but now of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas
  4. the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa people
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪəwə/ / /ˈaɪəweɪ/

name

Etymology: From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“the sleepy ones”).

  1. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.

    “I prefer to think of Iowa as I saw it through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy. Those were eyes filled with the wonders of Iowa’s streams and woods, of the mystery of growing crops.”

    “I had lived in Sioux City without the proper Iowa documentation for more than a year, and I'd always figured the license from my home state was as good as gold -- and why not?”

  2. A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
  3. A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
  4. Ellipsis of University of Iowa.

noun

Etymology: From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“the sleepy ones”).

  1. One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.