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Iowa
- /ˈaɪəwə/ US
- /ˈaɪəweɪ/ US, obsolete
- /ˈaɪəweɪ/ US
Where it comes from
From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“the sleepy ones”).
proper noun
- 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.
- A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
- A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
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Ellipsis of University of Iowa
Similar: UI
noun Iowas · Iowa
- One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hawkeye state, ioway, prairie state, ia, corn state, siouxland, ohio, nebraska, wisconsin, oklahoma, michigan, minnesota, kansas, texas, arkansas, indiana
Translations
Talk about this word "Iowa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/iowa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Iowa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/iowa "Iowa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/iowa.Cite this
@misc{iowa_2026,
title = {Iowa},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/iowa},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
