Iowa

English

Map of US highlighting Iowa

Etymology

From French Aiouez, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).

Pronunciation

• (state, river):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəwə/

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

• (town in Louisiana):
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəweɪ/

Proper noun

Iowa

1. A state of the United States.
2. A river in the United States that flows from northern Iowa into the Mississippi.
3. A town in Louisiana.
4. University of Iowa.

Derived terms

• IA
• Iowa County
• Iowan

Translations

A state in Midwestern US

• Arabic: آيوا
• Armenian: Այովա (hy) (Ayova)
• Azerbaijani: Ayova (az)
• Bengali: আইওয়া (aiōẇa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艾奥瓦 (zh) (Ài'àowǎ), 爱荷华 (zh) (Ài hé huá)

  Min Nan: Iowa

• Czech: Iowa (cs) f
• Danish: Iowa
• Esperanto: Iovao
• Finnish: Iowa (fi)
• French: Iowa (fr)
• Galician: Iowa (gl) f
• Georgian: აიოვა (aiova)
• German: Iowa (de)
• Greek: Αϊόβα (el) f (Aïóva)
• Hindi: आयोवा (āyovā)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Iowa (it) m
• Japanese: アイオワ州 (Aiowa-shū)
• Limburgish: Iowa
• Macedonian: А́јова f (Ájova)
• Maltese: Ijowa
• Navajo: Áawah hahoodzo
• Polish: Iowa (pl)
• Portuguese: Iowa (pt)
• Russian: А́йова (ru) f (Ájova)
• Spanish: Iowa (es) f
• Thai: ไอโอวา (ai-oo-wâa)
• Turkish: Iowa
• Vietnamese: Iowa (Ai-ô-òa)
• Yiddish: אײַאָוואַ (ayova), אײַאָווע (ayove)

Noun

Iowa (plural Iowas)

1. One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Iowa

Further reading

• Iowa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Iwao

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Iowa.

Proper noun

Iowa (genitive Iowas)

1. Iowa

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Iowa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈioʋɑ/, [ˈio̞ʋɑ̝]
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯oʋɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯o̞ʋɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: I‧o‧wa

Proper noun

Iowa

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Iowa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Iowa	—
genitive		Iowan	—
partitive		Iowaa	—
illative		Iowaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Iowa	—
accusative	nom.	Iowa	—
	gen.	Iowan
genitive		Iowan	—
partitive		Iowaa	—
inessive		Iowassa	—
elative		Iowasta	—
illative		Iowaan	—
adessive		Iowalla	—
ablative		Iowalta	—
allative		Iowalle	—
essive		Iowana	—
translative		Iowaksi	—
abessive		Iowatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Iowa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Iowani — accusative nom. Iowani — gen. Iowani genitive Iowani — partitive Iowaani — inessive Iowassani — elative Iowastani — illative Iowaani — adessive Iowallani — ablative Iowaltani — allative Iowalleni — essive Iowanani — translative Iowakseni — abessive Iowattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Iowasi — accusative nom. Iowasi — gen. Iowasi genitive Iowasi — partitive Iowaasi — inessive Iowassasi — elative Iowastasi — illative Iowaasi — adessive Iowallasi — ablative Iowaltasi — allative Iowallesi — essive Iowanasi — translative Iowaksesi — abessive Iowattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Iowamme — accusative nom. Iowamme — gen. Iowamme genitive Iowamme — partitive Iowaamme — inessive Iowassamme — elative Iowastamme — illative Iowaamme — adessive Iowallamme — ablative Iowaltamme — allative Iowallemme — essive Iowanamme — translative Iowaksemme — abessive Iowattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Iowanne — accusative nom. Iowanne — gen. Iowanne genitive Iowanne — partitive Iowaanne — inessive Iowassanne — elative Iowastanne — illative Iowaanne — adessive Iowallanne — ablative Iowaltanne — allative Iowallenne — essive Iowananne — translative Iowaksenne — abessive Iowattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Iowansa — accusative nom. Iowansa — gen. Iowansa genitive Iowansa — partitive Iowaansa — inessive Iowassaan Iowassansa — elative Iowastaan Iowastansa — illative Iowaansa — adessive Iowallaan Iowallansa — ablative Iowaltaan Iowaltansa — allative Iowalleen Iowallensa — essive Iowanaan Iowanansa — translative Iowakseen Iowaksensa — abessive Iowattaan Iowattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɪ̯ova]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Io‧wa

Proper noun

Iowa n (proper noun, strong, genitive Iowas)

1. Iowa

Further reading

• Iowa on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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Italian

Etymology

From English Iowa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo.wa/

Proper noun

Iowa m

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

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Polish

Proper noun

Iowa f

1. Iowa

Declension

Declension of Iowa

	singular
nominative	Iowa
genitive	Iowy
dative	Iowie
accusative	Iowę
instrumental	Iową
locative	Iowie
vocative	Iowo

See also

• Iowa on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pl

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, after the Iowa tribe.

Proper noun

Iowa m

1. Iowa (a state of the United States)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Iowa f

1. Iowa

See also

• Iowa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es