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{{also|ʻIowa}}
==English==
[[File:Map of USA IA.svg|thumb|right|Map of US highlighting Iowa]]

===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|fr|Aiouez}}/{{m|fr|Ayoés}}, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from {{der|en|dak|ayúxba||sleepy ones}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{sense|state, river}}
** {{IPA|en|/ˈaɪəwə/|q2=obsolete|/ˈaɪəweɪ/|a=US}}<ref>{{cite-journal|date=June 1956|author=Harold B. Allen|title=Distribution Patterns of Place-Name Pronunciations|journal=Names: A Journal of Onomastics|pages=74-77|volume=6|number=2|doi=10.1179/nam.1958.6.2.74|passage=Since no members of the younger generation are reported as using this form [{{IPAchar|/ˈaɪəweɪ/}}], it would seem safe to predict its disappearance within the next two generations.}}</ref>
** {{audio|en|en-us-Iowa.ogg|a=US}}
* {{sense|town in Louisiana}}
** {{IPA|en|/ˈaɪəweɪ/|a=US}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{place|en|state|in the [[Midwest]]ern region of the|c/US|caplc=Des Moines}}.
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1951
|author=w:Herbert Hoover
|title=The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874–1920
|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofherbert0000hoov/
|location=[[New York]]
|publisher=w:Macmillan Company
|OCLC=901053599
|OL=10587103M
|page=1
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofherbert0000hoov/page/1/
|text=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.}}
# {{place|en|A <<tributary>> of the <<river/[[Mississippi]] River>> which flows through <<s/Iowa>> in a southeast direction}}.
# {{place|en|town|parish/Calcasieu Parish|s/Louisiana}}.
# {{w|University of Iowa}}.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|IA}}
* {{l|en|Iowa County}}
* {{l|en|Iowa City}}
* {{l|en|Iowa crab}}
* {{l|en|Iowan}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|A state in Midwestern US}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|آيوا}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|Այովա}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Ayova}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|আইওয়া}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|А́йова}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎠᏯᏩ}}
* Chinese:
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|Iowa}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|艾奥瓦}}, {{t+|cmn|爱荷华|tr=Àihéhuá}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Iowa|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|Iowa}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|Iovao}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|Ayowa}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Iowa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Iowa}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Iowa|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|აიოვა|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Iowa}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Αϊόβα|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|Άιοβα|f}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|Ayowa}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|איווה|tr=ayowa}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|आयोवा}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Iowa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Iowa|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|アイオワ|tr=Aiowa}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|អាយអូវ៉ា}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|^아이오와}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ໄອໂອວາ}}
* Limburgish: {{t|li|Iowa}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|А́јова|f}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|Ijowa}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Áawah hahoodzo}}
* Pohnpeian: {{t|pon|Aiowa}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Iowa}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Iowa}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|А́йова|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Iowa|f}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ไอโอวา}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|Iowa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|А́йова|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|Iowa}}, {{t|vi|Ai-ô-òa}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אײַאָוואַ}}, {{t|yi|אײַאָווע}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# One of the [[Native American]]s formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

===See also===
{{table:USA/en}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:commons}}
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:wquote}}
* {{R:wvoyage}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aiow|Iwao}}

{{C|en|Native American tribes}}
{{c|en|Universities}}

==Danish==
{{wikipedia|lang=da}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|da|en|Iowa}}.

===Proper noun===
{{head|da|proper noun|genitive|Iowas}}

# {{place|da|state|c/USA|t1=Iowa}}

==Finnish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|fi|en|Iowa}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-pronunciation|iova|aiova}}

===Proper noun===
{{fi-proper noun}}

# {{place|fi|state|c/USA|t1=Iowa}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-kala|n=sg|Iow|||a}}

==French==
{{wikipedia|lang=fr}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|en|Iowa}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|fr|/ajowa/|/ijowa/}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-Iowa.oga}}

===Proper noun===
{{fr-proper noun|m}}

# {{place|fr|state|c/United States|t1=Iowa}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|[ˈaɪ̯ova]}}
* {{audio|de|De-Iowa.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|de|Io|wa}}

===Proper noun===
{{de-proper noun|toponym}}

# {{place|de|state|c/USA|t1=Iowa}}

====Further reading====
* {{pedia|lang=de}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|it|en|Iowa}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|Àjowa}}

===Proper noun===
{{it-proper noun|m}}

# {{place|it|state|c/United States|t1=Iowa}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|en|Iowa}}, from {{der|pl|fr|Aiouez}}, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from {{der|pl|dak|ayúxba||sleepy ones}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|ajoła|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Iowa.wav|h=I.o.wa}}

===Proper noun===
{{pl-proper noun|f|indecl=yes}}

# {{place|pl|state|c/United States|t1=Iowa}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|Iowa}}, from {{der|pt|fr|Aiouez}}, after the {{w|Iowa tribe}}.

===Proper noun===
{{pt-proper noun|m}}

# {{place|pt|state|c/United States|t1=Iowa}}

==Slovak==
{{wp|lang=sk}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{sk-IPA|ajova}}

===Proper noun===
{{sk-proper noun|f|gen=Iowy|decl=žena}}

# {{place|sk|state|c/US|t=Iowa}}

===References===
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

==Spanish==

===Proper noun===
{{es-proper noun|f}}

# {{place|es|state|c/USA|t1=Iowa}}

===See also===
* {{pedia|lang=es}}

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