Iowa
['aiəwə]
Definition
(noun.) a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa.
(noun.) a state in midwestern United States.
(noun.) a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
Checked by Laurie--From WordNet
Examples
- We had customers in all the little towns in south-west Wisconsin, south-east Minnesota and north-east Iowa. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This train generally had from seven to ten coaches filled always with Norwegians, all bound for Iowa and Minnesota. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Duncan was manager of a little flour and grist mill in Iowa. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fred was already on his way up the Mississippi bound for Dubuque, Iowa, from which place there was a railroad to Galena. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Meantime orders were coming in from the distant states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Iowa, and the little home factory was being pushed to the utmost. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- By this time, Mr. Duncan had moved his base of operations from Iowa to Chicago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Rebecca