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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The capital and largest city of Iowa, in the south-central part of the state on the Des Moines River. Established on the site of a fort built in 1843, it grew as a trade center in an agricultural region.
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- proper noun The capital city of the state of
Iowa .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the capital and largest city in Iowa
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Examples
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And, guess what ... none of them call Des Moines home.
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In the case of the mayor of Des Moines, that is simply the population of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
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Leaving the boatmen with the canoes, near the mouth of the river now called Des Moines, Marquette and Joliet set out alone, to follow up the trail, and seek the people who had made it.
Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel
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As they state that the two villages, which they visited, were on the western side of the Mississippi, at the latitude of forty degrees north, and upon the banks of a stream flowing into the Great River, it is supposed that these villages were upon the stream now called Des Moines, which forms a part of the boundary between Iowa and Missouri.
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Johnson said he was about to call Des Moines police for help when Field "freaked out."
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Johnson said he was about to call Des Moines police for help when Field "freaked out."
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If you have any information about her whereabouts call Des Moines police at 515-283-4811.
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Johnson said he was about to call Des Moines police for help when Field "freaked out."
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Johnson said he was about to call Des Moines police for help when Field "freaked out."
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A concert will be held today in the town of Des Moines, which is 110 miles from the crash site.
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