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Des Moines

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Des Moines (geographical name)
  2. Des Moines squash (noun)
  3. West Des Moines (geographical name)

Des Moines

geographical name \di-ˈmȯin\

Definition of DES MOINES

1
river 327 miles (526 kilometers) Iowa flowing SE into Mississippi River
2
city ∗ of Iowa on Des Moines River pop 198,682
3
\also -ˈmȯinz\ city W Washington S of Seattle pop 29,267

Rhymes with DES MOINES

adjoin, Alboin, benzoin, Burgoyne, conjoin, disjoin, eloign, enjoin, essoin, purloin, recoin, rejoin, sainfoin, short loin, sirloin, subjoin

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