ALL meanings of des moines
Des Moines
D d - noun des moines a city in S central Iowa: state capital. Pop: 196 093 (2003 est) 3
- noun des moines a river in the N central US, rising in SW Minnesota and flowing southeast to join the Mississippi. Length: 861 km (535 miles) 3
- noun des moines river in Iowa, flowing southeast into the Mississippi: c. 325 mi (523 km) 3
- noun des moines capital of Iowa, in the central part: pop. 199,000 3
- noun des moines a city in and the capital of Iowa, in the central part, on the Des Moines River. 1
- noun des moines a river flowing SE from SW Minnesota through Iowa to the Mississippi River. About 530 miles (850 km) long. 1
- noun plural des moines a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines. Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io. 1
- noun plural des moines a river flowing SE from N Iowa to the Mississippi River. 291 miles (470 km) long. 1
- noun plural des moines a member of an American Indian people originally of Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota but now of Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas. 1
- noun plural des moines the Siouan language spoken by the Iowa Indians. 1