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Des Moines
/dəˈmɔɪn/
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What does Des Moines mean?
proper noun
- The capital city of Iowa, United States and the county seat of Polk County, named after the river.
- Eight townships in Iowa, in eight different counties.
- A township in Jackson County, Minnesota, named after the river.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- A village in Union County, New Mexico.
- A city in King County, Washington.
- A river in Minnesota and Iowa, United States, that flows from southern Minnesota into the Mississippi.
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IPA pronunciation
/dəˈmɔɪn/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/dəˈmɔɪnz/
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See this word in context.
The train passed rapidly across the State of Iowa, by Council Bluffs, Des Moines, and Iowa City.
There was no Oklahoma, and the combined population of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Arizona was about equal to that of Des Moines.
More book examples (3)
They worked in Chicago, Des Moines, Fort Wayne, but they were always unfortunate.
For instance, she gave a description of the Cliff House at San Francisco, the seals on the rocks there, the high school in Des Moines, and so on.
Passing through Des Moines on the 23d, muddy roads and hot, thunder-showery weather characterize my journey through Central Iowa, aggravated by the inevitable question, "Why don't you ride?"