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Des Moines definition

Des Moines (də mo̵in′)

  1. river in Iowa, flowing southeast into the Mississippi: c. 325 mi (523 km)
  2. capital of Iowa, in the central part: pop. 199,000

Etymology: Fr, lit., of the monks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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