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

2. 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.

   • 2024 June 25, Issy Ronald, “Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     His family, who live in West Des Moines, Iowa, have been left “devastated,” his owner Tracy Wolfe said in GWR press release. “He was just the best giant boy,” she added.

   • 2025 April 21, Jeff McMurray, “Trump’s transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using ‘road diets’ to slow speeders”, in AP News‎^[3]:

     When University of Iowa researchers surveyed first-responders in Cedar Rapids, their study published last year found no noticeable difference in response time when a road diet was in place.

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

   Synonym: UI

   Coordinate terms: Iowa State, ISU (not to be confused)

Iowa (plural Iowas or Iowa)

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

• 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 in the Midwestern region of the United States)

From English Iowa.

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

Iowa

1. Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

Borrowed from English Iowa.

• IPA^(key): /ajowa/, /ijowa/

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Iowa m

1. Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɪ̯ova]

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• Hyphenation: Io‧wa

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

1. Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region 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 in the Midwestern region 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/

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

Iowa f (indeclinable)

1. Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region 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 in the Midwestern region of the United States)

• IPA^(key): /ajɔva/, [ˈajɔʋa]
• Rhymes: -ɔva

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

1. Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region 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, 2003–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈajowa/ [ˈa.jo.wa]
• Rhymes: -ajowa
• Syllabification: I‧o‧wa

Iowa f

1. Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

• Iowa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Borrowed from English Iowa.

Iowa (genitive Iowas)

1. Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)