English

Proper noun

Des Moines

1. The capital city of the state of Iowa in the United States of America.
2. A village in New Mexico.
3. A city in Washington.
4. A tributary of the Mississippi River.

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References

1. ↑ Adrian Room, Placenames of the World (2006, ISBN 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."