# Des Moines

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dəˈmɔɪn/

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Iowa, United States and the county seat of Polk County.
2. A city in Washington.
3. A village in New Mexico.
4. A river in the United States, that flows from southern Minnesota into the Mississippi.

## Etymology
From the French name of the nearby 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 Miami designation of the Moingona. The precise interpretation is uncertain; see Moingona.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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