# Iowa
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (state, river):
** (US) IPA: /ˈaɪəwə/, (obsolete) /ˈaɪəweɪ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (town in Louisiana):
** (US) IPA: /ˈaɪəweɪ/

### Proper noun

Iowa
* A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.
** 1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874–1920‎, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:I prefer to think of Iowa as I saw it through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy. Those were eyes filled with the wonders of Iowa’s streams and woods, of the mystery of growing crops.
* A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
* A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
* The University of Iowa.

#### Derived terms

* IA
* Iowa County
* Iowa City
* Iowa crab
* Iowan

#### Translations
### Noun

Iowa (plural Iowas)
* One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

### See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text) :
* States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
* Federal district: Washington, D.C.
* Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

### References

* ↑ Harold B. Allen (1956 June) “Distribution Patterns of Place-Name Pronunciations”, in Names: A Journal of Onomastics, volume 6, number 2, →DOI, pages 74-77: “Since no members of the younger generation are reported as using this form [/ˈaɪəweɪ/], it would seem safe to predict its disappearance within the next two generations.”

### Further reading

* Category:Iowa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Iowa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Iowa on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
* Iowa on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

### Anagrams

* Iwao

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Iowa.

### Proper noun

Iowa (genitive Iowas)
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Iowa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈioʋɑ/, [ˈio̞ʋɑ̝]
* IPA: /ˈɑi̯.oʋɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯.o̞ʋɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ioʋɑ

### Proper noun

Iowa
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

#### Declension

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

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Iowa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ajowa/, /ijowa/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Iowa m
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɪ̯ova]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Io‧wa

### Proper noun

Iowa n (proper noun, genitive Iowas or (optionally with an article) Iowa)
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

#### Further reading

* Iowa on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Iowa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.jo.wa/
* Rhymes: -ajowa

### Proper noun

Iowa m
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈjɔ.wa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔwa
* Syllabification: I‧o‧wa

### Proper noun

Iowa f (indeclinable)
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

### Further reading

* Iowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Iowa, from French Aiouez, after the Iowa tribe.

### Proper noun

Iowa m
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈajɔva]

### Proper noun

Iowa f (genitive singular Iowy, declension pattern of žena)
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

### References

* “Iowa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈajowa/ [ˈa.jo.wa]
* Rhymes: -ajowa
* Syllabification: I‧o‧wa

### Proper noun

Iowa f
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

### See also

* Iowa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Iowa.

### Proper noun

Iowa (genitive Iowas)
* Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)