Iowa

Meanings

Proper Noun

• state in the Midwestern region of the US (country) .
• A tributary of the river, Mississippi River which flows through :Iowa (state) in a southeast direction.
• town parish, Calcasieu Parish Louisiana (state).
• University of Iowa.

Noun

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

Origin

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