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Midland

//ˈmɪdlənd// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country. not-comparable
  2. 2
    From or pertaining to the English Midlands.

    "In the more Midland counties, there are thirteen ; in Staffordshire (Wolverhampton), one; in Warwick (Birmingham), seven; in Nottingham, three; in Leicester, one; and Northampton, one."

  3. 3
    Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or coming from the middle of a region or country wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The loosely-defined region of the United States that is between the North and the South, where Midland American English is spoken.

    "Throughout the Midland and the South, the nucleus of /aw/ is well front of center, [...]"

  2. 2
    The English Midlands. attributive

    "[...] the difficult Southern English found in the Kentish Ayenbite of Inwyt, or even from the Midland of Chaucer's poems."

  3. 3
    A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
  4. 4
    A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  5. 5
    A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Riverside County, California.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Muscogee County, Georgia.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Allegany County, Maryland.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Midland County, Michigan.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Clinton County, Ohio.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A rural small town in Haakon County, South Dakota.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Midland County, Texas.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
  18. 23
    A former railway company in England, the Midland Railway. historical

    ""... the case of the Midland and the case of the Great Eastern" (his Lordship had been referring to the reasons for special scales). "The case of the Midland we found to be very peculiar, because, unlike most of the other railway companies,...""

Noun
  1. 1
    The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.

    "The City of Daejeon: the capital of Choongnam Province in the midland of Korea, now it is expanded to be a Metropolitan City."

  2. 2
    the interior part of a country wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

Etymology 4

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

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