Definitions

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  • proper noun A state of the United States of America. Capital: Des Moines.
  • noun One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
  • noun a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
  • noun a state in midwestern United States

Etymologies

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From French Aiouez, an initial translation of the name for the Iowa tribe.

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Examples

  • I know people point to IOWA polls and say, well yeah, Obama has been in Iowa, and he hasn't been to states like Massachussets and Minnesota.

    Obama Campaign: We're On Our Way To Winning 2009

  • ELIZABETH, CALLER FROM IOWA: Hi, this is Elizabeth and I ` m calling from Iowa.

    CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2009 2009

  • IOWA FLOODS: Iowa farmers and livestock feeders have lost an estimated $3.5 billion to the floods that swept much of the state, a farm-industry group said.

    Crude Pushes 2% Higher 2008

  • ROB TULLY, EDWARDS 'IOWA CAUCUS CHAIRMAN: Well, I think the first reaction is as many of us here in Iowa, and I'm sure supporters all across the country, were disappointed.

    CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2008 2008

  • CHET CULVER (D), IOWA: Well, Wolf, it really -- it really breaks your heart, you know, to see the massive devastation and destruction to the State of Iowa that I love so much and to see so many people that have been hurt.

    CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2008 2008

  • CHET CULVER, IOWA: The entire Boy Scout nation not only across the states of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota where these men were from, but also across the United Nations of America.

    CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2008 2008

  • CHUCK LAUDNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY: As the immigration issue plays out and candidates start to settle in -- into a position, you will see Iowa caucus-goers lining up behind them.

    CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2007 2007

  • GORDON FISCHER, FORMER IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHANGE: You can get around and campaign in Iowa fairly inexpensively. and, so, I don't know that money is all that important.

    CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2007 2007

  • GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON (D), IOWA: Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary.

    CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2007 2007

  • TED SPORER, POLK COUNTY, IOWA, REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN: If I were advising the Thompson campaign, I would say, you need to be in Iowa a lot more often than you have been, because while there was time to make up for the lost time, that time is now.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2007 2007

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