IoW

See also: IOW and iow

English

Proper noun

IoW

1. Alternative letter-case form of IOW (“Isle of Wight”).
   • 1997, Alison Bullock, Hywel Thomas, Schools at the Centre?: A Study of Decentralisation, Routledge, →ISBN, page 171:

     Within the set of ten LEAs this ranges from zero in the IoW, explained no doubt by its pattern of middle schools, to 64 per cent in Sunderland.

   • 2014, Michael Rutter, “Establishing Developmental Psychopathology”, in Richard M. Lerner, Anne C. Petersen, Rainer K. Silbereisen, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, editors, The Developmental Science of Adolescence: History Through Autobiography, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 418, column 2:

     Second, the IoW had a total population of about 100,000, which we reckoned was about right for studying common disorders.

   • 2022, Clive Radford, “Monterey and Cannery Row”, in Desolation Argonauts, Rogue Phoenix Press, →ISBN:

     True, Woodstock and the IoW festivals wowed audiences, particularly Hendrix at Woodstock and Dylan at IoW sixty-nine.