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Iowa in British English
(ˈaɪəʊə)
noun
a state of the N central US, in the Midwest: consists of rolling plains crossed by many rivers, with the Missouri forming the western border and the Mississippi the eastern. Capital: Des Moines. Pop: 2 944 062 (2003 est). Area: 144 887 sq km (55 941 sq miles)
Abbreviation: Ia. or (with zip code) IAIowa in American English
(ˈaiəwə, sometimes ˈaiəˌwei)
nounWord forms: plural (for 3) -was or esp collectively -wa
1.
a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 2,913,387; 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Cap.: Des Moines
Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.2.
a river flowing SE from N Iowa to the Mississippi River. 291 mi. (470 km) long
3.
a member of a Native American people originally of Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota but now of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas
4.
the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa people
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Word lists withIowa
inhabitant, Native American tribes, place, US States- tolsey
- tolstoy
- tolt
- toltec
- tolter
- tolu
- toluate
- toluca
- toluca de lerdo
- toluene
- toluic
- toluic acid
- toluid
- toluide
- toluidide
- toluidin
- toluidine
- toluidine blue
- to lull sb to sleep
- to lumber into view/across the square
- to lump together
- toluol
- to lure sb into/to sth
- to lust after sb
- to lust for or after sth