How did Iowa get it's name?

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How did Iowa get it's name?

Answer 1

The name Iowa comes from Ioway, the French word for the Bah-kho-je Indian tribe that lived in the area

Answer 2

Origin of state name: Named from an Indian word "Ayuhwa" meaning "Sleepy Ones".

Nickname: The Hawkeye State

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From the Dakota Indian word "Ayuhwa," meaning "sleepy ones," referring to a tribe living in that area.

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The state of Iowa was named for the Native Americans living in that territory at the time, the Iowa. Despite the report of the 1879 General Assembly of Iowa, which proclaimed that this word means "the beautiful land", it is actually a Dakota Sioux word given to the Iowas in jest meaning "sleepy ones". The Iowas call themselves Baxoje [bah-ko-jay] "the gray/ashy heads". According to tradition, this name came from an incident in their history when, while camping in the Iowa River valley, a gust of wind blew a cloud of sand and campfire ashes onto their heads

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