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OWASA

Specialty Definition: Owasa, Iowa

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Owasa is a city located in Hardin County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 38.

Geography


Owasa is located at 42°25'55" North, 93°12'19" West (42.432053, -93.205359)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²). 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 38 people, 17 households, and 8 families residing in the city. The population density is 26.2/km² (67.3/mi²). There are 19 housing units at an average density of 13.1/km² (33.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 17 households out of which 35.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 47.1% are non-families. 35.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 23.5% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.24 and the average family size is 2.89. In the city the population is spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 32 years. For every 100 females there are 137.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 114.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,417, and the median income for a family is $75,938. Males have a median income of $26,250 versus $22,500 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,047. 6.5% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 40.0% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Owasa, Iowa."

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Cities: OWASA


1. Owasa, IA (city, FIPS 60555)
Location: 42.43115 N, 93.20511 W
Population (1990): 37 (20 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OWASA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

owasa

16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: OWASA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-o-s-w"

-2 letters: aas, awa, saw, sow, was, wos.

-3 letters: aa, as, aw, os, ow, so, wo.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-o-s-w"
 

+2 letters: ajowans, avowals.

 

+3 letters: carassow, nowadays, roadways, stowaway, towaways.

 

+4 letters: agalwoods, boatswain, carassows, cassowary, coastward, disavowal, foofaraws, nanowatts, oarswoman, rockaways, stowaways, tomahawks, wagonages, wahcondas, waistcoat, wallaroos, washboard, washwoman, woadwaxes.

 

+5 letters: aardwolves, allowances, arrowheads, bandwagons, boardwalks, boatswains, chawbacons, coastwards, disavowals, markswoman, marrowfats, paulownias, rauwolfias, saleswoman, sandalwood, throwaways, vaporwares, waistcoats, walkabouts, walkathons, wallboards, warrantors, washboards, whaleboats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: OWASA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 57 41 53 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01010111 01000001 01010011 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0057 0041 0053 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4957355335

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INDEX

1. Cities
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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