See also: ʻIowa

EnglishEdit

 
Map of US highlighting Iowa

EtymologyEdit

From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (sleepy ones).

PronunciationEdit

  • (state, river):
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪəwə/, (obsolete) /ˈaɪəweɪ/[1]
    • (file)
  • (town in Louisiana):

Proper nounEdit

Iowa

  1. 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[1], New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, 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.
  2. A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
  3. A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
  4. University of Iowa.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

Iowa (plural Iowas)

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

See alsoEdit

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
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

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 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.”

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

 
Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Iowa.

Proper nounEdit

Iowa (genitive Iowas)

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English Iowa.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈioʋɑ/, [ˈio̞ʋɑ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯oʋɑ/, [ˈɑi̯o̞ʋɑ]

Proper nounEdit

Iowa

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

DeclensionEdit

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

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɪ̯ova]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Io‧wa

Proper nounEdit

Iowa n (proper noun, genitive Iowas or (optionally with an article) Iowa)

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Iowa.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Iowa m

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (sleepy ones).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /aˈjɔ.wa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔwa
  • Syllabification: I‧o‧wa

Proper nounEdit

Iowa f (indeclinable)

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

Further readingEdit

  • Iowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Iowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, after the Iowa tribe.

Proper nounEdit

Iowa m

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

SlovakEdit

 
Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Iowa f (genitive singular Iowy, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

ReferencesEdit

  • Iowa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

SpanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Iowa f

  1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

See alsoEdit