Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of central England. It roughly corresponds to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and is today a highly industrialized area.
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- proper noun UK A loosely-defined area of England; corresponding to the central horizontal band of England.
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Examples
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Mayhem in the Midlands is held in the Embassy Suites – Downtown.
Mayhem Diary | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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Mayhem in the Midlands is being held at the Downtown/Old Market Embassy Suites, 555 S. 10th Street, in Omaha, during May 22-25, 2008.
Omaha Bound | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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[Mayhem in the Midlands is one of the best bargains, fee-wise.]
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One of the great things about the East Midlands is how little the region is known.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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One of the great things about the East Midlands is how little the region is known.
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Mayhem in the Midlands is another favorite – we love Omaha and we’ve made lots of friends who come to that convention regularly.
Give Yourself a Holiday Gift | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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But economic conservatives dominate South Carolina's so-called Midlands region (including Columbia, the state capital), while the coastal Low Country (including Charleston) is home to many Midwestern retirees.
Romney Makes History Karl Rove 2012
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The residents of what Mr. Woodard calls the Midlands—the westward extension to the Midwest of the Quaker-dominated Delaware River colonists that Mr. Fisher described—gave crucial votes to Lincoln and stayed with the Union as well.
Life May Differ In Your Region Michael Barone 2011
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Radicalised youths from the Midlands are among those to have posted messages backing terrorists on the www. ummah.com forum.
UK: Many young Midland Muslims support suicide bombings new poll reveals 2008
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Theres another hill, though, at the edge of town, called the Midlands, where new housing developments are continually springing up; not-there, and then there, like those toy sponges that are paper flat until you put them in water.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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