Iowa

Iowa
geographical name 1. river 291 miles (468 kilometers) Iowa flowing SE into Mississippi River 2. state central United States capital Des Moines area 56,275 square miles (145,752 square kilometers), population 2,926,324 • Iowan adjective or noun

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  • Iowa — Iowa1 [ī′ə wə, ī′əwā΄] n. 1. pl. Iowa or Iowas a member of a North American Indian people previously living in Iowa and Missouri and now living in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma 2. the Siouan language of this people, closely related to Missouri… …   English World dictionary

  • Iowa — (spr. āiowa, abgekürzt Ia. oder Io.), Staat der nordamerikan. Union, erstreckt sich mit 145,099 qkm Fläche zwischen 40°20 –43°30 nördl. Br. und 90°12 –96°38 westl. L. (s. die Karte »Vereinigte Staaten«) vom obern Mississippi westwärts bis zum… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Iowa — état du centre des È. U.; 145 790 km2; 2 777 000 hab.; cap. Des Moines. Drainée par les affl. du Mississippi à l E. (Iowa, Des Moines) et du Missouri à l O., cette rég. de plaine fait partie du Corn Belt. Territoire auton. (1838) après avoir été… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Iowa — Iowa, LA U.S. town in Louisiana Population (2000): 2663 Housing Units (2000): 1041 Land area (2000): 3.085415 sq. miles (7.991188 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.022466 sq. miles (0.058186 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.107881 sq. miles (8.049374 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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