Iowas

Variant of Iowa

Iowa definition

Iowa (ī′ə wə, -wā′)

noun

  1. pl. Iowa -·wa or Iowas -·was a member of a North American Indian people previously living in Iowa and Missouri and now living in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma
  2. the Siouan language of this people, closely related to Missouri

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