The Ioway Indians lived here . But then again, so did the Souix. But the word Iowa means "This is the Place" or "The Beautiful Land" in Indian. Perhaps the First people here decided to name it after the Ioway, just because they chose to.
Iowa got it's name from the Indians that lived in Iowa.
Iowa got it's name from the Iowa tribe of Indians.
The Iowa State Cyclones got the name "Cyclones" when the took out Northwestern 37 to 0. The next day the headline said "Northwestern taken out by a Cyclone". That's when Iowa State decided that Cyclones would be a fitting name for them.
The state nickname of Iowa is the Hawkeye State. It got this name from a newspaper that was called The Hawk-Eye which was named as a tribute to Chief Black Hawk
Iowa's first people saw the land and named it Iowameaning "The Beautiful Land." Also the river running through Iowa was named The Iowa river before the state earned its statehood.
Xavier High School is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Xanadu Place is the name of a street in Ames, Iowa. Xavier Avenue is the name of a street in Granger, Iowa. Xavier Road is the name of a street in Fairbank, Iowa. Xe Place is the name of a street in Ames, Iowa. Xenia Avenue is the name of a street in Auburn, Iowa. Xenia Drive is the name of a street in Ames, Iowa. Xerox Avenue is the name of a street in Goldfield, Iowa.
Xavier High School is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Xanadu Place is the name of a street in Ames, Iowa. Xavier Avenue is the name of a street in Granger, Iowa. Xavier Road is the name of a street in Fairbank, Iowa. Xe Place is the name of a street in Ames, Iowa. Xenia Avenue is the name of a street in Auburn, Iowa. Xenia Drive is the name of a street in Ames, Iowa. Xerox Avenue is the name of a street in Goldfield, Iowa.
Connecticut got its name from the Indian word "Quinnehtukqut", which means, roughly, Beside the long tidal river.
Iowa State University
The team name for the University of Iowa, being the largest and first recognized public college in the state of Iowa is based on the state nickname of the "Hawkeye State" which was first suggested by James G. Edwars as a tribute to Indian Chief Black Hawk.
Grundy is a county in Iowa
the state song is The song of Iowa
the state song is The song of Iowa