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
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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
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So-called midland Pennsylvania is a central region that stretches from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia but doesn't hit the New York or Maryland borders.
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So-called midland Pennsylvania is a central region that stretches from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia but doesn't hit the New York or Maryland borders.
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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.
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"In response to the poster" midland ", I was there when all this went down and nothing like that happened.
unknown title 2009
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"In response to the poster" midland ", I was there when all this went down and nothing like that happened.
unknown title 2009
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"In response to the poster" midland ", I was there when all this went down and nothing like that happened.
unknown title 2009
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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
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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
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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
dailyword commented on the word midland
Some of my U.K. fanfiction.net contacts are from this region.
June 12, 2012