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Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [7] [8] [9] is a state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north.
Iowa nice is a cultural label used to describe the stereotypical attitudes and behaviors of residents within the U.S. state of Iowa, particularly in terms of the friendly agreeableness and emotional trust shown by individuals who are otherwise strangers.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Council Bluffs – Iowa's Leading Edge [6] Des Moines – Hartford of the West [7] Dubuque – Masterpiece on the Mississippi; Dyersville – Farm Toy Capital of the World [8] Earling - Progress Is Our Future; Emmetsburg – Iowa's Irish Capital [9] Fort Dodge – Mineral City [10] Fort Madison – Pen City [11] Grinnell – Jewel of the ...
Iowa: Iowan Hawkeye [26] Kansas: Kansan Grasshopper, Jayhawker, Sunflower [27] Kentucky: Kentuckian Corncracker, [28] Kentuckyan Louisiana: Louisianian Louisianan French: Louisianais Spanish: Luisiano, luisiana Maine: Mainer Down Easter or Downeaster, [29] Mainiac, [30] Yankee (rare) Maryland: Marylander Massachusetts: Massachusettsan
Flag of Iowa: Specified in Iowa Code - Title I Chapter IB [2] 1921 Flower: Wild Rose: No one species is established by the legislature, but the wild prairie rose (Rosa arkansana — synonym: Rosa pratincola) is most often used. 1897 Rock: Geode: 1967 Seal: Seal of Iowa
By using certain words in an interview, on your resume, or in a networking event, ... 13 words you should never use to describe yourself. Whitney Ruhlin. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:54 PM.
The location of the state of Iowa in the United States of America An enlargeable map of the 99 counties of the state of Iowa. Prehistory of Iowa. Indigenous peoples; Iowa archaeology; French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764 Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762; Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Luisiana, 1764–1803