Midlands

[ mid-luh ndz ]

/ ˈmɪd ləndz /

plural noun

the central part of England; the midland counties.

Definition for midlands (2 of 3)

midland

[ mid-luh nd ]

/ ˈmɪd lənd /

noun

the middle or interior part of a country.

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

(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.

adjective

in or of the midland; inland.

(initial capital letter) of or relating to Midland.

Origin of midland

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

Definition for midlands (3 of 3)

Midland

[ mid-luh nd ]

/ ˈmɪd lənd /

noun

a city in W Texas.

a city in central Michigan.

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

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Examples from the Web for midlands

I am going now to see—after the Midlands—what the English and Scotch north is doing to swell the stream.
The War on All Fronts: England's Effort|Mrs. Humphry Ward
The father is in a large timber business in the Midlands, and has probably an income of about six hundred pounds a year.
The Happy Golfer|Henry Leach
Lambert, reinforced from the midlands, reappeared early in June and drove him back to Carlisle with his work half finished.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4|Various
We know in the Midlands what an explosion sounds like and looks like.
The Terror|Arthur Machen

Mr. Archie Gunn is the son of a well-known drawing master in one of the large towns of the Midlands.
Picture Posters|Charles Hiatt

British Dictionary definitions for midlands (1 of 2)

Midlands

/ (ˈmɪdləndz) /

noun

the Midlands (functioning as plural or singular) the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries

British Dictionary definitions for midlands (2 of 2)

midland

/ (ˈmɪdlənd) /

noun

the central or inland part of a country
(as modifier)a midland region

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Word Origin and History for midlands

midland

adj.

early 15c., mydlonde; mid + land (n.). As a noun from 1550s, first of the Midlands of England.