midland
midland Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Located in or relating to the middle or interior part of a country or region, away from the coast or borders.
"The railway expansion connected the bustling coastal ports with the agricultural midland towns."
• noun
The middle or interior part of a country or region, typically used in the plural (often capitalized as the Midlands to refer to the central counties of England).
"Heavy industry and coal mining historically shaped the economy of the country's midlands."
American A city in western Texas, United States, located in the Southern Plains midway between Fort Worth and El Paso, known as a major center of the Permian Basin petroleum and natural gas industry.
American A city in the Tri-Cities region of central Michigan, United States, situated along the Tittabawassee River and known as a prominent center for chemical manufacturing.
American A major dialect region of American English spoken across the central United States from the Mid-Atlantic inland through the Ohio Valley and parts of the Midwest, often divided into North Midland and South Midland.
"Linguists consider the Midland dialect of American English to be the closest phonological match to General American."
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