Des Moines

English Etymology From the en fr - name of the nearby fr Rivière des Moines, which superficially means "river of the monks" and has traditionally been interpreted as a reference to the Trappist monks who settled along it. "It is more likely, however, to be a name of Native American origin, recorded in a 1673 text as moinguena", a en mia - designation of the Moingona. The precise interpretation is uncertain; see Moingona.Adrian Room, Placenames of the World (2006, 0786422483: "The river's own name is traditionally derived from French des moines, "of the monks", referring to French Trappist monks who settled here. It is more likely, however, to be a name of Native American origin, recorded in a 1673 text as moinguena. Recent research has interpreted this as Miami-Illinois mooyiinkweena, meaning "shitface," from mooy, "excrement," iinkwee, "face," and the suffix -na, a humorous (or abusive) nickname used by the Peoria Indians for their Illinois-speaking neighbors." Pronunciation en audios don't say /dəˈmɔɪn/ or /dəˈmɔɪnz/ Des Moines, Iowa en /dəˈmɔɪn/ 1 Des Moines, Washington en /dəˈmɔɪnz/ 1 en ɔɪn 2 Proper noun 1 en The <<capital city>> of <<s/Iowa>>, <<c/USA>> and the <<county seat>> of <<co/Polk County>>, named after the river. en Eight <<townships>> in <<s/Iowa>>, in eight different counties. en twp co/Jackson County s/Minnesota, named after the river. en village co/Union County s/New Mexico. en city co/King County s/Washington. en river s/Minnesota and s/Iowa c/United States that flows from southern Minnesota into the Mississippi. Derived terms en Des Moines County en Des Moines squash en West Des Moines Translations the capital city of the state of Iowa Amharic: am ደሞይን Armenian: hy Դե Մոյն Azerbaijani: az De-Moyn Bashkir: ba Де-Мойн Belarusian: be Дэ-Мойн m Bulgarian: bg Де Мойн m Chechen: ce Де-Мойн Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 德梅因 Déméiyīn Czech: cs Des Moines n Danish: da Des Moines Georgian: ka დე-მოინი German: de Des Moines n Greek: el Ντε Μόιν f n Hindi: hi डी मोइन Japanese: ja デモイン De Moin Kazakh: kk Дэс Мойнс Korean: ko 디모인 Kyrgyz: ky Дэс Мойнс Latin: la Monachopolis m Latvian: lv Demoina f Lithuanian: lt De Moinas m Macedonian: mk Де Мојн m Marathi: mr दे मॉईन Mari: Western Mari: mrj Де-Мойн Mingrelian: xmf დე-მოინი Navajo: nv Haltsotah Ałhidiilíinii Newar: new दि मोइन Ojibwe: oj Moowiingwenaa-ziibiing Ossetian: os Де-Мойн Russian: ru Де-Мойн m Samogitian: sgs De Moins m Sanskrit: sa डे माय्ने Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Де Мојн m Latin: sh De Mojn m Tatar: tt Де-Мойн Thai: th ดิมอยน์ dì moi Ukrainian: uk Де-Мойн m Yiddish: yi דע מוין References Anagrams en deeimnoss Desimones demonises desmosine mesiodens en heteronyms