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Des Moines

[ duh moin ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Iowa, in the central part, on the Des Moines River.
  2. a river flowing SE from SW Minnesota through Iowa to the Mississippi River. About 530 miles (850 km) long.


Des Moines

/ ˈmɔɪnz; də ˈmɔɪn /

noun

  1. a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est)
  2. a river in the N central US, rising in SW Minnesota and flowing southeast to join the Mississippi. Length: 861 km (535 miles)


Des Moines

  1. Capital of Iowa and largest city in the state.


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Other Words From

  • Des Moines·i·an [d, uh, , moi, -nee-, uh, n], noun

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Example Sentences

That candidate, Joni Ernst, did herself no favors yesterday by blowing off the editorial board of The Des Moines Register.

The Des Moines women called their Senate contest “ugly,” the kind of race where you vote for the lesser of two evils.

The ex-girlfriend had rallied to his side and written a letter to the editor of The Des Moines Register in his defense.

It was a hot Friday morning and Brad Zaun was juggling a baby in a slightly unkempt living room of suburban Des Moines.

Roy Halston Frowick was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1932, the son of a Norwegian-American accountant.

On Monday, this city sets up shop in a Des Moines suburb to give two exhibitions.

Mounted Paul at eight o'clock and rode twenty miles, which brought me to Des Moines.

The next day a copy of the Des Moines Leader reached me, in which the following notice appeared.

Seven laborers came as a result of correspondence with a physician from Des Moines, Iowa.

Between Salt river and Des Moines, is a beautiful and rich country of land.

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