Iowa

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

• (state, river):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəwə/, (obsolete) /ˈaɪəweɪ/^[1]

  • Audio (US):

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• (town in Louisiana):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəweɪ/

Iowa

1. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.
   • 1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874–1920‎^[1], New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:

     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.

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

• IA
• Iowa County
• Iowa City
• Iowa crab
• Iowan

Iowa (plural Iowas)

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

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Federal district: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

• Category:Iowa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Iowa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Iowa on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Iowa on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

• Iwao

Borrowed from English Iowa.

Iowa (genitive Iowas)

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

From English Iowa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈioʋɑ/, [ˈio̞ʋɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.oʋɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯.o̞ʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ioʋɑ

Iowa

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Iowa.

• IPA^(key): /ajowa/, /ijowa/

• Audio:

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Iowa m

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɪ̯ova]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Io‧wa

Iowa n (proper noun, genitive Iowas or (optionally with an article) Iowa)

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

• Iowa on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Borrowed from English Iowa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo.wa/
• Rhymes: -ajowa

Iowa m

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

Borrowed from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).

• IPA^(key): /aˈjɔ.wa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔwa
• Syllabification: I‧o‧wa

Iowa f (indeclinable)

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

• Iowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, after the Iowa tribe.

Iowa m

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

• IPA^(key): [ˈajɔva]

Iowa f (genitive singular Iowy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

• “Iowa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Iowa f

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

• Iowa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es