midland

Examples

• All

• The case study presented here comprises two areas in the Midlands (Fig. 1).

  Academic text (1990)

• We're in Dudley, a factory town in the English Midlands region known as the Black Country.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Look, the last time I spoke to them, they were in Midland, Texas.

  The Perfect Host (2010)

• The Midlands, central and South East England will be mostly dry -

  Cul-de-sac (1966)

• The most interesting areas, however, were the Midlands and the South Coast.

  Academic text (1998)

• She'd attended a convent school in Birmingham, a dark, industrial city in the English Midlands.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The four champions covered Sandwell in the West Midlands, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, and Poole and rural Dorset.

  Academic text (2010)

• The address to write to is 32 Little Sutton Lane, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B75 6PB, UK.

  Academic text (1999)

• The midland regions of the country are often overlooked in favor of coastal areas.

• Residents of the midland areas enjoy a climate that is different from the coastal regions.

Synonyms

I

interior

vsmidland

9 4.0

In the land away from the coast

names an inner area rather than only describing location

M

Midlands

vsmidland

1 4.6

A central part of a country or region often seen as a separate area

is an interior area often away from coasts rather than centrally located

Compounds

E

East Midland

• Archaic

9.9

A form of Middle English from the East Midlands that later forms the basis of Modern English

W

West Midland

9.9

A form of Middle English spoken in western Mercia

How Inland

heartland

46 4.5

midland

1 4.9

inland

33 3.8

coast

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology