Iowa
See also: ʻIowa
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (state, river):
- (town in Louisiana):
Proper noun Edit
Iowa
- A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.
- 1951, Herbert Hoover, 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.
- 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 Edit
Translations Edit
A state in Midwestern US
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Noun Edit
Iowa (plural Iowas)
- One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
See also Edit
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 Edit
- ^ Harold B. Allen (June 1956), “Distribution Patterns of Place-Name Pronunciations”, in Names: A Journal of Onomastics, volume 6, issue 2, /ˈaɪəweɪ/], it would seem safe to predict its disappearance within the next two generations.” , pages 74-77: “Since no members of the younger generation are reported as using this form [
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Danish Edit
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Iowa (genitive Iowas)
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Finnish Edit
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Iowa
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Declension Edit
Inflection of Iowa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | See the possessive forms below. |
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French Edit
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Iowa m
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
German Edit
Pronunciation Edit
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Iowa n (proper noun, genitive Iowas or (optionally with an article) Iowa)
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Further reading Edit
- Iowa on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Italian Edit
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Iowa m
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Polish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).
Pronunciation Edit
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Iowa f (indeclinable)
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Further reading Edit
Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, after the Iowa tribe.
Proper noun Edit
Iowa m
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
Slovak Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
Iowa f (genitive singular Iowy, declension pattern of žena)
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
References Edit
- Iowa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish Edit
Proper noun Edit
Iowa f
- Iowa (a state of the United States)
See also Edit
- Iowa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es