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.

Other Words From

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

Example Sentences

Towards the end of the rally, Trump criticized a number of polls, most notably a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll that showed him trailing Vice President Kamala Harris in Iowa.

From Salon

Over the weekend, the Des Moines Register published a survey finding that Vice President Kamala Harris now leads Trump by three percentage points in Iowa, “a ruby-red state he has won twice.”

From Salon

After that, she was supposed to perform Monday in Sioux Falls, Wednesday in Milwaukee and Thursday in Des Moines.

From Los Angeles Times

If you were lucky after days and weeks and months on the road, you might be there when a candidate makes a mistake, saying he was in Des Moines when he was actually in Detroit.

From Salon

Clown: My wife and I wanted to get out of Des Moines three years ago, and we wanted to live somewhere hot.

From Los Angeles Times