Iowa的词源
英文词源
- Iowa




- organized as a U.S. territory 1838; admitted as a state 1846, ultimately from the name of the native people, of the Chiwere branch of the Aiouan family; said to be from Dakota ayuxba "sleepy ones."
中文词源
Iowa,又译爱荷华州或衣阿华州。最初出自苏族人的语言Ayuhwa,字面意思为“懒人”,是苏族对一个位于现在爱荷华境内的临近部落的蔑称。后法国人将其转写为Iowa。
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