Iowa

[ahy-uh-wuh, ahy-uh-wey]

noun

plural

Iowas ,

plural

Iowa .

1. a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Des Moines. IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.

2. a river flowing southeast from northern Iowa to the Mississippi River. 291 miles (470 km) long.

3. a member of an American Indian people originally of Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota but now of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas.

4. the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa Indians.

Iowa

/ ˈaɪəʊə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Ia..  IA. a state of the N central US, in the Midwest: consists of rolling plains crossed by many rivers, with the Missouri forming the western border and the Mississippi the eastern. Capital: Des Moines. Pop: 2 944 062 (2003 est). Area: 144 887 sq km (55 941 sq miles)

Iowa

1. State in the midwestern United States bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, and Nebraska and South Dakota to the west. Its capital and largest city is Des Moines.

Example Sentences

ICE said Roberts attempted to flee when agents tried to arrest him, abandoning his car before being located with assistance from Iowa State Patrol.

From Salon

Officers later found his abandoned vehicle and located him with the help of Iowa State Patrol.

From BBC

"We think the tariffs eventually will make us great again," says John Maxwell, a dairy farmer and cheese producer from Iowa.

From BBC

Bouncing off of that, I know that you are the founder of Moms for Iowa, and clearly not new to advocacy work.

From Salon

In Sioux City, Iowa, for instance, the Community School District is facing nearly $80,000 in unpaid lunch bills.

From Salon