iowa

UK /ˈaɪəwə/ US /ˈaɪəwə/

name 4noun 1

Definitions

name

A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.

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.

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.

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.

noun

One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

Collocations

ADJ.

busy, left, living, northwest, northwest, real, right

My grandparents were living in northwest Iowa when they first got married.

VERB + IOWA

farm, lives, located, planting, state, think, won, wonders

My grandparents have farmed Iowa land for over fifty years.

IOWA + NOUN

broker, caucus, caucuses, estate, first-responders, population, researchers, s

The Iowa caucuses have historically played a crucial role in determining presidential nominees.

PREP.

in, in, than

My grandparents have lived in Iowa for more than thirty years.

ADV.

somewhere

My grandparents lived somewhere in Iowa during the 1950s on a corn farm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa

ioway

noun — a state in midwestern United States

noun — a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Mi

ioway

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

The climate of Florida in the wintertime is milder than that of Iowa.

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He spoke to farmers in Iowa.

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Hoover was born in the farm state of Iowa in 1874.

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