Iowa

geographical name

Io·​wa ˈī-ə-wə 

1

river 291 miles (468 kilometers) long in the state of Iowa flowing southeast into the Mississippi River

2

state of the central U.S. between the Mississippi River on the east and the Missouri River on the west; capital Des Moines area 56,275 square miles (145,752 square kilometers), population 3,046,355

Iowan

ˈī-ə-wən 

adjective or noun