Definition of midland
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: the interior or central region of a country
2
capitalized
a
: the dialect of English spoken in the midland counties of England
b
: the dialect of English spoken in an area of the east central U.S. often divided into north Midland extending westward from an area including southern New Jersey; northern Delaware and Maryland; central and southern Pennsylvania; and central Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and south Midland extending westward and southwestward from an area including the Appalachian regions of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia; and southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
Midland
geographical nameDefinition of Midland (Entry 2 of 2)
1
city in central Michigan northwest of Saginaw population 41,863
2
city in western Texas northeast of Odessa population 111,147
Note: Midland is approximately midway between Fort Worth and El Paso.
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The first known use of midland was in the 15th century
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