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IA.
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in midwestern United States
Synonyms:
Hawkeye State; IA; Ia.; Iowa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Ia."):
Davenport (a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island)
Cedar Rapids (a city in eastern Iowa)
Clinton (a town in east central Iowa)
capital of Iowa; Des Moines (the capital and largest city in Iowa)
Dubuque (a town in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River)
Mason City (a town in north central Iowa)
Ottumwa (a town in southeast Iowa)
Sioux City (a city in northeastern Iowa where the Big Sioux River joins the Missouri)
Little Sioux River (a river that rises in southwestern Minnesota and flows southwestward to the Missouri River in western Iowa)
Holonyms ("Ia." is a part of...):
Corn Belt (the midwestern states in the U.S. where corn is grown; Iowa and Illinois are excellent for raising corn and corn-fed livestock)
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
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