What is Iowa?

  • (noun): A state in midwestern United States.
    Synonyms: Hawkeye State, IA
    See also — Additional definitions below

Iowa

Iowa (i/ˈaɪ.əwə/) is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". Iowa was a part of the French colony of New France. After the Louisiana Purchase, settlers laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. Iowa is often known as the "Food Capital of the World".

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History - Younkers Incorporated
... growing in the 1920s by acquiring other department stores throughout Iowa, including Wilkins Department Stores (1923), Harris-Emery (1927), and J ... The Iowa-based retailers Britnalls of Marshalltown and Davidson's of Sioux City were acquired in 1948 and Yetters of Iowa City was acquired in 1949 ... Younkers began expanding outside of Iowa during the 1950s and opened its first shopping mall store in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1955 ...
Union County, South Dakota - Geography - Adjacent Counties
... Lincoln County, South Dakota - north Sioux County, Iowa - northeast Plymouth County, Iowa - east Woodbury County, Iowa - southeast Dakota County, Nebraska - south Dixon ...
Interstate 74 - Route Description - Iowa
... In the state of Iowa, Interstate 74 runs south from Interstate 80 for 5.36 miles (8.63 km) before crossing into Illinois on the Interstate 74 Bridge ...
Iowa County, Wisconsin
... Iowa County is a county located in the U.S ... Iowa County is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

More definitions of "Iowa":

  • (noun): A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa people.
    Synonyms: Ioway
  • (noun): A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
    Synonyms: Ioway

Famous quotes containing the word iowa:

    When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn’t come from anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education, where people wear three-piece suits and dark socks, often simultaneously.
    Bill Bryson (b. 1951)