Skip to main content
Iowa

Iowa

733 1.0
A state in the middle of the United States with Des Moines as its capital
  • proper noun
  • /ˈaɪəwə/
translation icon : Iowa
  • Des Moines is the capital city of Iowa, known for its vibrant culture.
  • University of Iowa
  • Iowa City
  • Des Moines, Iowa

For me, it's not like that I became an Iowa Hawkeyes fan.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Be at the corner of Iowa and Third at 3:00.

  • Three of the study sites are located in Iowa, two in Wisconsin, and one in Minnesota.

    Academic text (1999)
  • - Bet you never had this much fun in Iowa.

  • Look at Trump in Iowa going into the Dairy Queen.

  • So instead, he sent me to Iowa to record corn.

  • So I went to the University of Iowa, and there I became a humanist.

  • I can be in Amish country in Iowa, which I have been.

  • Good morning, Iowa.

  • Bernie Sanders made a campaign stop at Iowa's Field of Dreams baseball field.

  • We woke up in Des Moines, Iowa, and he's wearing my wedding ring.

Synonyms

IA
vsIowa
17 3.2

A state of the United States called Iowa with capital Des Moines

is the full official name rather than the short written form
Hawkeye State
vsIowa
  • US
1 7.8

A nickname for the state of Iowa in the United States

is the formal geographic name rather than an informal nickname

Compounds

A small wild apple tree with fragrant pink spring flowers

9.3

A small wild apple tree that grows in the western United States and has fragrant pink flowers

Surface Forms

Iowa main

Etymology

Iowa comes from the name of a Native American people, the Ioway, who once lived in that region, so the state was named after those people.