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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

  • Mayhem in the Midlands is held in the Embassy Suites – Downtown.

    Mayhem Diary | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008

  • 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

  • [Mayhem in the Midlands is one of the best bargains, fee-wise.]

    Hitchhiker's Guide to Mystery Fests 2006

  • One of the great things about the East Midlands is how little the region is known.

    Archive 2005-07-01 2005

  • One of the great things about the East Midlands is how little the region is known.

    The leaves of Southwell 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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