Iowa

American  

[ahy-uh-wuh, ahy-uh-wey] / ˈaɪ ə wə, ˈaɪ əˌweɪ /

noun

• Iowas,
  plural
• Iowa
  plural

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.

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Iowa British  

/ 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)

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Iowa Cultural  

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.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Iowa
  plural
• Iowas
  plural

Example Sentences

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Iowa Iowas

New research from the University of Iowa offers a more detailed look at how this system works when people face uncertainty while making decisions.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Attorneys general from Iowa, Arkansas, and Missouri had sought an injunction against the EPA to stop them from ordering states to evaluate their water utilities’ cybersecurity operational technology when they conducted inspections.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

He came back to Iowa to meet them again a year later, this time with a date, a venue and a flyer he could hand to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

We moved to Iowa in 2018 and bought the farm, literally.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

You will think I have never thought of the niece in Iowa.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Other vital statistics in Forrestal's report revealed that the 45,000-ton Iowas carry 148 antiaircraft barrels, ranging from 20 mm. up to five-inch dual purpose guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rembert spent most of this semester preparing the remainder for a fourth try on the Iowas.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was Cornstalk at the head of an army of Delawares, Mingoes, Cayugas, Iowas, Wyandots, and Shawnees, and but for the hunter's intelligence they would have surprised the camp.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell

They have a reservation of about 16,000 acres, lying in the south-eastern part of Nebraska and the north-eastern part of Kansas, purchased for them from the Iowas.

From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker

Council Bluffs commemorates one conference, of which there were many with Iowas and Omahas and Ricarees and Sioux.

From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut