Iowa
名词 n.
专有名词
美 /ˈaɪəwə/|/ˈaɪəweɪ/|/ˈaɪəweɪ/
英文释义
名词 n.
- One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
专有名词
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A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.
— 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.
- Ellipsis of University of Iowa.
词源
词源 1
From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“the sleepy ones”).
词源 2
From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“the sleepy ones”).
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