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
adjective
often capitalized
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The new film brought Saxon to caves in the English midlands and, most spectacularly, Svalbard, an archipelago off the northern coast of Norway.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
An Oscar nominee for his work on The End of the Affair (1999), Pratt was born in 1947 and grew up in the U.K. midlands.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Laurie Whitwell worked for the Daily Mail from 2010, covering midlands football for the last five years, including Leicester’s remarkable Premier League triumph.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Senior midwife Donna Ockendon, who led a damning inquiry into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital National Health Service trust, is partway through an investigation into care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust in the midlands.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
An Oscar nominee for his work on The End of the Affair (1999), Pratt was born in 1947 and grew up in the U.K. midlands.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Laurie Whitwell worked for the Daily Mail from 2010, covering midlands football for the last five years, including Leicester’s remarkable Premier League triumph.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Senior midwife Donna Ockendon, who led a damning inquiry into Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital National Health Service trust, is partway through an investigation into care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS trust in the midlands.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Midland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midland. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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Midland
geographical name
Mid·land
ˈmid-lənd 
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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