des moines

1. 1.

   the capital and largest city in Iowa

   Synonymscapital of Iowa

   Broaderstate capital

   Part ofIowa

Questions about des moines

What does des moines mean?

des moines means "the capital and largest city in Iowa".

What is another word for des moines?

Close synonyms include capital of Iowa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.