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  midland

  noun

  the middle or interior part of a country.
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  Midland

  noun

  a city in W Texas.

midland

¹ American  

[mid-luhnd] / ˈmɪd lənd /

noun

1. the middle or interior part of a country.

2. (initial capital letter) the dialect of English spoken in the central part of England.

3. (initial capital letter) the dialect of English spoken in the southern parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and in West Virginia, Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee, and throughout the southern Appalachians.

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adjective

1. in or of the midland; inland.

2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to Midland.

Midland ² American  

[mid-luhnd] / ˈmɪd lənd /

noun

1. a city in W Texas.

2. a city in central Michigan.

3. a town in S Ontario, in S Canada, on Georgian Bay of Lake Huron.

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midland British  

/ ˈmɪdlənd /

noun

1. 1. the central or inland part of a country

   2. ( as modifier )

      a midland region

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Etymology

Origin of midland

1400–50; late Middle English. See mid-, land

Example Sentences

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He sent mental messages down Dromord Hill and across the midland plain and across all the seas and the cities until at last the city of Stalowa Wola presented itself.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

I loved Zola and the Brontës, all the seemingly faraway exotics on their dirty city blocks and midland heaths.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 5, 2016

It was a dinner meeting of America's board of directors, heavily from the midland where they grow things and make things.

From Time Magazine Archive

Comparatively, Cincinnati has drooped, many another midland city having shown a far greater rate of industrial growth in the last 50 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1861 he joined the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and surveyed large areas of the midland counties, Derbyshire and Yorkshire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Companies to watch include grain processors and traders like Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill, ethanol producers and machinery and fertilizer companies with direct exposure to the economic fate of U.S. farmers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Network Rail has warned that the Midland Main Line will remain closed to East Midlands Railway and Thameslink services until the end of the week.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Paul Gigot: So Nebraskan by birth, husband, father of two daughters and a son, a former president of Midland Lutheran College, then a two-term senator, condolences on that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Investment implications: Higher ethanol demand could support corn prices, benefiting crop processors like Archer Daniels Midland and companies tied to the biofuel supply chain, including ethanol producers such as Green Plains and REX American Resources.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

He already had had several great games—the opener against El Paso Austin, the one against Midland High—but this was his greatest.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger