Iowa
See also: ʻIowa
English
Etymology
From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“the sleepy ones”).
Pronunciation
- (state, river):
- (town in Louisiana):
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪəweɪ/
Proper noun
Iowa
- 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.
- 2018 December 27, Mason Dockter, “A South Dakota man reflects on getting his Iowa license”, in Sioux City Journal[2], archived from the original on 2 September 2020:
- 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?
- 2024 June 25, Issy Ronald, “Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record”, in CNN[3], archived from the original on 7 January 2026:
- 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[4], archived from the original on 27 August 2025:
- 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.
- A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
- A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
- Ellipsis of University of Iowa.
- Synonym: UI (initialism)
- Coordinate terms: Iowa State, ISU (not to be confused)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Navajo: Áawah hahoodzo
Translations
A state in the Midwestern US
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Noun
Iowa (plural Iowas or Iowa)
- One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
See also
| 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 |
References
- ^ Harold B. Allen (June 1956), “Distribution Patterns of Place-Name Pronunciations”, in Names: A Journal of Onomastics, volume 6, number 2, , pages 74-77: “Since no members of the younger generation are reported as using this form [/ˈaɪəweɪ/], it would seem safe to predict its disappearance within the next two generations.”
Further reading
- Category:Iowa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Iowa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Iowa on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- Iowa on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Iowa (genitive Iowas)
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈioʋɑ/, [ˈio̞ʋɑ̝]
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯.oʋɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯.o̞ʋɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ioʋɑ
Proper noun
Iowa
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
Declension
| Inflection of Iowa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Iowa | — | |
| genitive | Iowan | — | |
| partitive | Iowaa | — | |
| illative | Iowaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Iowa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Iowa | — |
| gen. | Iowan | ||
| genitive | Iowan | — | |
| partitive | Iowaa | — | |
| inessive | Iowassa | — | |
| elative | Iowasta | — | |
| illative | Iowaan | — | |
| adessive | Iowalla | — | |
| ablative | Iowalta | — | |
| allative | Iowalle | — | |
| essive | Iowana | — | |
| translative | Iowaksi | — | |
| abessive | Iowatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.jo.wa/, /i.jo.wa/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Iowa m
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Iowa n (proper noun, genitive Iowas or (optionally with an article) Iowa)
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
Further reading
- Iowa on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.jo.wa/
- Rhymes: -ajowa
Proper noun
Iowa m
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
| Stati: Alabama · Alasca (Alaska) · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Luisiana (Louisiana) · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · Carolina Settentrionale · Nord Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Carolina Meridionale · Sud Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · Virginia Occidentale · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Distretto federale: Washington D.C. |
| Territori: Samoa americane · Guam · Isole Marianne Settentrionali · Porto Rico · Isole minori esterne degli Stati Uniti · Isole Vergini Americane |
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈjɔ.wa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔwa
- Syllabification: I‧o‧wa
Proper noun
Iowa f (indeclinable)
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
- pieczęć Iowa ― seal of Iowa
- Największym ośrodkiem miejskim w stanie Iowa jest Des Moines. ― The largest urban center in Iowa is Des Moines.
- Rzeka Des Moines, płynąca przez Iowa, uchodzi do Missisipi. ― The Des Moines River flows through Iowa and empties into the Mississippi.
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, borrowed from French Aiouez, from Dakota ayúxba.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ajˈo(w).ɐ/ [aɪ̯ˈo(ʊ̯).ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ajˈo(w).a/ [aɪ̯ˈo(ʊ̯).a]
- Rhymes: -owɐ, -oɐ
Proper noun
Iowa m (demonym iowano)
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
See also
- Alabama
- Alasca
- Arizona
- Arkansas ~ Arcansas
- Califórnia
- Carolina do Norte
- Carolina do Sul
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Dacota do Norte
- Dacota do Sul
- Delaware
- Flórida
- Geórgia
- Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas ~ Cansas
- Kentucky
- Luisiana
- Maine
- Maryland ~ Marilândia
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi ~ Mississípi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebrasca
- Nevada
- Nova Hampshire
- Nova Iorque
- Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
- Novo México
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pensilvânia
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virgínia
- Virgínia Ocidental
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ajɔva/, [ˈajɔʋa]
- Rhymes: -ɔva
Proper noun
Iowa f (genitive singular Iowy, declension pattern of žena)
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
References
- “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
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈajowa/ [ˈa.jo.wa]
- Rhymes: -ajowa
- Syllabification: I‧o‧wa
Proper noun
Iowa f
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
See also
- Iowa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Swedish
Etymology
Proper noun
Iowa (genitive Iowas)
- Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)