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Iowa (/ ˈ aɪ. ə w ə / ⓘ EYE-ə-wə) [6] [7] [8] 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.
Pronunciation Note Respelling IPA; Aberdeen, Washington: AB-ər-deen / ˈ æ b ər d iː n / Also the city in Maryland Abiquiú, New Mexico: AB-ə-kew / ˈ æ b ə k juː / Regular in Spanish Acequia, Idaho: ə-SEE-kwə / ə ˈ s iː k w ə / Achilles, Kansas: ə-KIL-iss / ə ˈ k ɪ l ɪ s / Advance, North Carolina: AD-vanss / ˈ æ d v æ n s ...
The VEISHEA logo displays many traditions of the celebration of and Iowa State University. VEISHEA (pronounced "VEE-sha" [1]) was an annual week-long celebration held each spring on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The celebration featured a parade and many open-house demonstrations of the university facilities and departments.
While humans have resided in the state for thousands of years, the land we know as Iowa today was primarily dominated by Native Americans, namely the Dakota, Otoe, Ho-Chunk, and Ioway tribes.
Bay Stater (official term used by state government) and Citizen of the Commonwealth (identifier used in state law) [31] Massachusettsian, [32] Massachusite, [33] [34] Masshole (derogatory [35] as an exonym; however, it can be affectionate when applied as an endonym [36]) Michigan: Michiganian
Iowa State never trailed, shot 49 percent (24 of 49) from the field and 47.6 percent (10 of 21) from 3-point range. Baylor shot 29.7 percent (19 of 64) overall and 24.1 percent (7 of 29) from ...
Speakers around the Great Lakes began to pronounce the short a sound, /æ/ as in TRAP, as more of a diphthong and with a higher starting point in the mouth, causing the same word to sound more like "tray-ap" or "tray-up"; Labov et al. assume that this began by the middle of the 19th century. [23]
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Iowa State Cyclones will look for its first-ever Big 12 Championship on Saturday morning. The Cyclones face off against the Arizona State Sun Devils at AT&T Stadium. WHO ...