Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Iowa City

American  

noun

  1. a city in SE Iowa.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

His passion for turning mundane public infrastructure into objects of whimsy has landed Bradshaw in legal trouble—and turned him into a folk hero in this western Iowa city of 87,000 where the Big Sioux River flows into the Missouri.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dan Timmer, who drove down that morning from Iowa City, where he was visiting family, joked he was coming in from the big city to be an agitator.

From Slate

Together, Andrews and Wilson created “Deafman Glance,” a seven-hour “silent opera,” which premiered in 1970 in Iowa City, Iowa.

From Los Angeles Times

There are pockets in Iowa City that are doing really well, but most of Iowa hasn’t bounced back from the 2008 economic crisis.

From Salon

Fortunately for the second-ranked Trojans, their path to the championship game does not include Iowa, which is on the other side of the bracket from the team it defeated by seven points last month in Iowa City.

From Los Angeles Times