noun
1. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
• Syn: ↑Ioway
2. a state in midwestern United States
• Syn: ↑Hawkeye State, ↑IA
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Midwest, ↑middle west, ↑midwestern United States, ↑Corn Belt
• Part Meronyms:
↑Davenport, ↑Cedar Rapids, ↑Clinton, ↑Des Moines, ↑capital of Iowa, ↑Dubuque, ↑Mason City, ↑Ottumwa, ↑Sioux City, ↑Little Sioux River
3. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
• Syn: ↑Ioway
• Hypernyms: ↑Chiwere
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Iowa [Iowa]
a US state in the ↑Middle West. Its popular name is the Hawkeye State, and people from Iowa are called Hawkeyes, probably after Chief Black Hawk, a Native American leader. Iowa was part of the ↑Louisiana Purchase and became a state in 1846. Iowa is known for its agriculture, and it is the largest producer of corn, soya beans, and pigs in the US. ↑Des Moines is the capital and largest city.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.