Indianola
Delta blues town
Indianola is a place name shared by several American towns and cities, most notably in Mississippi, Iowa, and Texas.
The Mississippi city was a prosperous antebellum port that declined after the Civil War.
The name combines "Indian" with a Latinate suffix, following a 19th-century pattern for naming settlements: We drove through Indianola on our way to the coast.
Capital of Iowa
- MidwestNorth-central American region
- BuxtonDerbyshire spa town
- small townModest rural settlement
- prairiesFlat treeless grasslands
agriculture · Corn Belt · caucuses · county seat · balloon festival · hot air balloon · fiesta · pilot
Alluvial formation at mouth
- B.B. KingBlues guitarist icon
- bluesMournful American music genre
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
segregation · African American heritage · juke joint · rural · Deep South · civil rights · sharecropping · birthplace
One sharing another's name
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- place nameGeographic location's title
- municipalityLocal governing district
- townshipCounty's smaller division
Southern Plains indigenous nation
- portDocking place for ships
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- ghost townDeserted former inhabited place
- German settlersColonists from Deutschland
Des Moines
Capital of Iowa
- MidwestNorth-central American region
- BuxtonDerbyshire spa town
- small townModest rural settlement
prairies · agriculture · Corn Belt · caucuses · county seat · balloon festival · hot air balloon · fiesta · pilot · basket
Delta
Alluvial formation at mouth
plantation · segregation · African American heritage · juke joint · rural · Deep South · civil rights · sharecropping · birthplace
namesake
One sharing another's name
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- place nameGeographic location's title
- municipalityLocal governing district
township · community · settlement · geographic · small city
Comanche
Southern Plains indigenous nation
- portDocking place for ships
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- ghost townDeserted former inhabited place
Indianolamegacity
Urban area exceeding ten million
New York City · Los Angeles · Chicago · global city · megalopolis