Iowa
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Iowas,plural
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a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Des Moines. IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
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a river flowing southeast from northern Iowa to the Mississippi River. 291 miles (470 km) long.
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a member of an American Indian people originally of Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota but now of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas.
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the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa Indians.
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Abbreviation: Ia.. IA. 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)
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State in the midwestern United States bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, and Nebraska and South Dakota to the west. Its capital and largest city is Des Moines.
Example Sentences
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After Iowa’s Tavion Banks went in for a dunk in transition to extend the lead back to double digits in the final minute, the Bruins’ comeback hopes were over.
From Los Angeles Times
The messages ricochet across an Iowa grocery store, a kind of ambient chorus while, at one of the few remaining manned checkout lines, a cashier squints at his screen.
From Salon
Abel’s ultracompetitive instincts came out: "Oh, I think I could probably coach you to be the best in Iowa," he quipped.
"It is more like gambling than traditional investing," said Chad Gammon, a veteran financial adviser and owner of Custom Fit Financial in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
From MarketWatch
Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a new way to "purify" photons, a development that could improve both the performance and security of light based quantum technologies.
From Science Daily
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