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