Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The middle or interior part of a country or region.
  • adjective Of or in a midland.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The interior of a country: especially applied to the inland central part of England, usually in the plural.
  • Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or sea-shore: as, midland towns; the midland counties of England.
  • Surrounded by land; inland; mediterranean.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in the plural.
  • adjective Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore.
  • adjective Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
  • adjective Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the interior part of a country
  • noun a town in west central Texas
  • adjective of or coming from the middle of a region or country

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Examples

  • Suffolk to call the midland counties to arms, while Sir Thomas Wyatt led the Kentishmen on London.

    History of the English People Volume 4 (of 8) John Richard Green 1860

  • So-called midland Pennsylvania is a central region that stretches from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia but doesn't hit the New York or Maryland borders.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • So-called midland Pennsylvania is a central region that stretches from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia but doesn't hit the New York or Maryland borders.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • i first met the resident when i was 15. in midland. visiting my relatives who were neighbors. he was a bully. the most amazing thing, no one in midland ever seems to have kicked back and knocked hiim down.

    Think Progress » President Bush To Legally Blind Reporter: ‘Are You Going to Ask That Question with Shades On?’ 2006

  • "In response to the poster" midland ", I was there when all this went down and nothing like that happened.

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  • "In response to the poster" midland ", I was there when all this went down and nothing like that happened.

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  • "In response to the poster" midland ", I was there when all this went down and nothing like that happened.

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  • I know about the other charge too by the way ... don't cry and be bitter "midland" poster 'cause Quis never played you. Hahaha "

    unknown title 2009

  • I know about the other charge too by the way ... don't cry and be bitter "midland" poster 'cause Quis never played you. Hahaha "

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  • I know about the other charge too by the way ... don't cry and be bitter "midland" poster 'cause Quis never played you. Hahaha "

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