midland
- noun
- /ˈmɪd.lənd/
- Traveling through the midlands, we discovered quaint towns rich in history.
- areas in the Midlands
- West Midlands
- East Midlands
Examples
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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.
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The Midlands, central and South East England will be mostly dry -
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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.
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Residents of the midland areas enjoy a climate that is different from the coastal regions.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A form of Middle English from the East Midlands that later forms the basis of Modern English
How Inland
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Midland comes from the parts mid- ('middle') and land ('country' or 'ground'), so it literally means 'middle land'. A midland is the middle part of a country, far from the coast or the borders.