Iowa
See also: ʻIowa
English
Map of US highlighting Iowa
Etymology
From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Iowa
- A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.
- 1951, Hoover, Herbert, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874–1920, New York: Macmillan Company, OCLC 901053599, OL 10587103M, page 1:
- 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.
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- A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
- A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
- University of Iowa.
Derived terms
Translations
A state in Midwestern US
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Noun
Iowa (plural Iowas)
- One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- Harold B. Allen (June 1956), “Distribution Patterns of Place-Name Pronunciations”, in Names: A Journal of Onomastics, volume 6, issue 2, DOI:, pages 74-77: “Since no members of the younger generation are reported as using this form [/ˈaɪəweɪ/], it would seem safe to predict its disappearance within the next two generations.”
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈioʋɑ/, [ˈio̞ʋɑ]
- IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯oʋɑ/, [ˈɑi̯o̞ʋɑ]
Declension
| Inflection of Iowa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Iowa | — | |
| genitive | Iowan | — | |
| partitive | Iowaa | — | |
| illative | Iowaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Iowa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Iowa | — |
| gen. | Iowan | ||
| genitive | Iowan | — | |
| partitive | Iowaa | — | |
| inessive | Iowassa | — | |
| elative | Iowasta | — | |
| illative | Iowaan | — | |
| adessive | Iowalla | — | |
| ablative | Iowalta | — | |
| allative | Iowalle | — | |
| essive | Iowana | — | |
| translative | Iowaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Iowatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Iowa (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Iowani | Iowamme |
| 2nd person | Iowasi | Iowanne |
| 3rd person | Iowansa | |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaɪ̯ova]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Io‧wa
Proper noun
Iowa n (proper noun, genitive Iowas or (optionally with an article) Iowa)
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.jo.wa/
- Rhymes: -ajowa
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈjɔ.wa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔwa
- Syllabification: I‧o‧wa
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, after the Iowa tribe.
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈajova]
Proper noun
Iowa f (genitive singular Iowy, declension pattern of žena)
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Spanish
See also
Iowa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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