Iowa

名词 n. 专有名词
/ˈaɪəwə/|/ˈaɪəweɪ/|/ˈaɪəweɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
专有名词
  1. 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.
  2. A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
  3. A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
  4. Ellipsis of University of Iowa. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis

词形变化

Iowas plural Iowa plural

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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