[syn: Iowa, Ioway]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Iowas \I"o*was\, n. pl.; sing. Iowa. (Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region now
included in the State of Iowa.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Iowa
n 1: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and
Minnesota and Missouri [syn: Iowa, Ioway]
2: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Iowa, Hawkeye
State, IA]
3: a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa [syn:
Iowa, Ioway]