What does "iowa" mean?

One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.

What is a synonym for "iowa"?

Common synonyms include: ioway, hawkeye state, iowa people, iowa-based, iowa-made, iowa-origin.

/ˈaɪəwə/ name, noun

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Noun

1
One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
2
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa wordnet
3
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri wordnet

Proper Noun

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

"The climate of Florida in the wintertime is milder than that of Iowa."

From French Aiouez/Ayoés, an early transliteration of the name for the Iowa tribe, from Dakota ayúxba (“sleepy ones”).