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The State of Iowa is named for the Ioway tribe - but that name is not their real name, only one applied to them by other tribes. Almost all native tribes in the modern USA are known today by the wrong names in this way.

The true origin of "Ioway" is difficult to establish; perhaps it is from Dakota ayuxbe or Lakota ayuhwa (meaning "asleep" or "sleepy ones"). So "Iowa" is a white American corrupted version of the Sioux word and in itself has no meaning.

The true name of the tribe (the name they call themselves) is Báxoje, and the meaning of this word is uncertain.

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