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midland
/ˈmɪdˌlænd/
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What does midland mean?
noun
- The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
adjective
- Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country.
- From or pertaining to the English Midlands.
More meanings (24)
adjective
- Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English.
proper noun
- The loosely-defined region of the United States that is between the North and the South, where Midland American English is spoken.
- The English Midlands.
- A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
- A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
- A ghost town in Riverside County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Muscogee County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Allegany County, Maryland.
- A city, the county seat of Midland County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri.
- A town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
- A village in Clinton County, Ohio.
- A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
- A rural small town in Haakon County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
- A city, the county seat of Midland County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
- (historical) A former railway company in England, the Midland Railway.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɪdˌlænd/
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They crossed the wide, black space of the Midland Railway, and passed the cattle enclosure that stood out white.
“Don’t you think ’twould have been better for us to wait till you were quite settled in your midland farm?”
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I first heard of Ántonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plain of North America.
This name, with the quiet Midland Countries' sound, suggests "park palings" well lichened, a lodge with a curtseying woman, fallow deer, and a Queen Anne mansion.
It would even appear that the bad state of the roads in the Midland counties, about the same time, had nearly caused the death of the heir to the throne.