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Des Moines

[ duh moin ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Iowa, in the central part, on the Des Moines River.
  2. a river flowing SE from SW Minnesota through Iowa to the Mississippi River. About 530 miles (850 km) long.


Des Moines

/ ˈmɔɪnz; də ˈmɔɪn /

noun

  1. a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)
  2. a river in the N central US, rising in SW Minnesota and flowing southeast to join the Mississippi. Length: 861 km (535 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Des Moines

  1. Capital of Iowa and largest city in the state.


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  • Des Moines·i·an [d, uh, , moi, -nee-, uh, n], noun
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Example Sentences

The mayor of Des Moines acknowledged that threat on Saturday.

Born in Des Moines, she acted in children’s theater when she was 7.

Rural beginnings Cloris Leachman was born in Des Moines on April 30, 1926, and grew up in a lonely rural patch of land beyond the city limits.

Along with her Stanford teammates, Ledecky competed against the Cal swim team twice in November, her first live competition since the TYR Pro Swim Series event in Des Moines, in late February.

The city’s growth has continued since that time, and Des Moines is now Iowa’s largest city – a thriving hub of midwestern industry and culture, with a warm and welcoming personality.

That candidate, Joni Ernst, did herself no favors yesterday by blowing off the editorial board of The Des Moines Register.

The Des Moines women called their Senate contest “ugly,” the kind of race where you vote for the lesser of two evils.

The ex-girlfriend had rallied to his side and written a letter to the editor of The Des Moines Register in his defense.

It was a hot Friday morning and Brad Zaun was juggling a baby in a slightly unkempt living room of suburban Des Moines.

Roy Halston Frowick was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1932, the son of a Norwegian-American accountant.

On Monday, this city sets up shop in a Des Moines suburb to give two exhibitions.

Mounted Paul at eight o'clock and rode twenty miles, which brought me to Des Moines.

The next day a copy of the Des Moines Leader reached me, in which the following notice appeared.

Seven laborers came as a result of correspondence with a physician from Des Moines, Iowa.

Between Salt river and Des Moines, is a beautiful and rich country of land.

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