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Definition of Hawkeye state
1. Noun. A state in midwestern United States.
Group relationships: Corn Belt, Middle West, Midwest, Midwestern United States, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: American State
Terms within: Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Capital Of Iowa, Des Moines, Dubuque, Mason City, Ottumwa, Sioux City, Little Sioux River
Definition of Hawkeye state
1. Proper noun. Iowa ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawkeye State
Literary usage of Hawkeye state
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rand McNally & Co.'s Pocket Atlas of the World: Containing Colored Maps of by Rand McNally and Company (1887)
"1U YV A. "hawkeye state. Part of the Louisiana purchase; merged iuto Missouri
Territory, 1812; into Michigan, 1834; into Wisconsin, 1836. ..."
2. Fifty Years on the Mississippi; Or, Gould's History of River Navigation by Emerson W. Gould (1889)
"In 1860 he built the steamer hawkeye state at Pittsburgh and took her to St.
Louis and with the Denmark and hawkeye state, in connection with steamer Canada ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... Georgia ; Creole State or Pelican State, Louisiana ; Empire State, New York ;
hawkeye state, Iowa ; Hoosier State, Indiana; Jayhawkers, inhabitants of ..."
4. A Dictionary of American Politics: Comprising Accounts of Political Parties by Everit Brown, Albert Strauss (1907)
"Iowa—hawkeye state. Kansas—Garden State, Garden of the West. Kentucky—Corn Cracker
State. Louisiana—Creole State, Pelican State. Maine—Pine Tree State, ..."
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