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Definition of Ioway

1. Noun. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.

2. Noun. A dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ioway

Ionian mode Ionian order Ionians Ionic Ionic order Ions Iora Ios Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili Iowa

Iowa crab Iowa crab apple Iowan Iowans Iowas Ioway Iphigeneia Iphigenia Ipidae Ipoh

Ipomoea alba Ipomoea batatas Ipomoea coccinea Ipomoea fastigiata Ipomoea imperialis Ipomoea leptophylla Ipomoea nil Ipomoea orizabensis Ipomoea panurata Ipomoea pes-caprae

Literary usage of Ioway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poems by Josiah Dean Canning (1838)
"Sing Io—ioway Who figured once in former days ? And jang malang-go lay ! ... Peace bade our revolution close, Sing Io—ioway And we were free from foreign ..."

2. Mr. Dooley's Philosophy by Finley Peter Dunne (1900)
"Well,' says I, ' it looks as though ioway was sure ... ioway,' says I, ' is a state,' says I. ' I niver heerd iv it,' says he. ' Faith ye did not,' says I. ..."

3. Bibliography of the Siouan Languages by James Constantine Pilling (1887)
"Au | ioway grammar, | illustrating [ the principles of the | language | used hy ... Compiled and printed | for the ioway School | hy | Wm. Hamilton ! and ..."

4. Poems by Josiah Dean Canning (1838)
"Sing Io—ioway Who figured once in former days ? And jang malang-go lay ! ... Peace bade our revolution close, Sing Io—ioway And we were free from foreign ..."

5. Mr. Dooley's Philosophy by Finley Peter Dunne (1900)
"Well,' says I, ' it looks as though ioway was sure ... ioway,' says I, ' is a state,' says I. ' I niver heerd iv it,' says he. ' Faith ye did not,' says I. ..."

6. Bibliography of the Siouan Languages by James Constantine Pilling (1887)
"Au | ioway grammar, | illustrating [ the principles of the | language | used hy ... Compiled and printed | for the ioway School | hy | Wm. Hamilton ! and ..."

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