Iowa

I·o·wa ¹  (-w)

n. pl. Iowa or I·o·was

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting parts of Iowa and southwest Minnesota, with present-day descendants in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Siouan language of the Iowa.

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[From French ayoés, ultimately from Dakota ayúxba.]

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Io·wa adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Iowa - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri Ioway Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
	2.	Iowa - a state in midwestern United States Hawkeye State, IA Corn Belt - the midwestern states where corn is grown; Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Davenport - a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island Cedar Rapids - a city in eastern Iowa Clinton - a town in east central Iowa capital of Iowa, Des Moines - the capital and largest city in Iowa Dubuque - a town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River Mason City - a town in north central Iowa Ottumwa - a town in southeast Iowa Sioux City - a city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri Little Sioux River - a river that rises in southwestern Minnesota and flows southwestward to the Missouri River in western Iowa
	3.	Iowa - a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa Ioway Chiwere - the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa and Oto and Missouri