HOW TO PRONOUNCE
iowa
/ˈaɪəwə/
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Stress EYE at the beginning.
Use three syllables, with w between the last two vowels. Keep those vowels light.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The farm is in Iowa.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does iowa mean?
noun
- One of the Native Americans formerly occupying the region now included in the state of Iowa.
proper noun
- A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.
- A tributary of the Mississippi River which flows through Iowa in a southeast direction.
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proper noun
- A town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
- Ellipsis of University of Iowa.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈaɪəwə/
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She told us her experiences of the last few months when she had been introducing literary works in the towns of Iowa.
The first time I visited it was with a friend from Iowa who was anxious to get some unique bits of porcelain.
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It was not as much as the value of the eggs laid during the last twelve months by the hens of Iowa.
The figure below represents a group of works which, we are told, were of a class formerly abundant in Missouri and Iowa.
I wandered for ten years, under the guidance and dictatorship of Circumstance, and finally arrived in a city of Iowa, where I worked several months.