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Noun: Iowa  I-u-wu
  1. A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
    - Ioway
     
  2. A state in midwestern United States, with capital Des Moines
    - Hawkeye State, IA, Ia.
     
  3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
    - Ioway

Derived forms: Iowas

Type of: American state, Chiwere, Chiwere language, Siouan, Sioux

Part of: America, Corn Belt, middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA

Encyclopedia: Iowa, LA