midland

noun

mid·​land ˈmid-lənd 

-ˌland

1

: the interior or central region of a country

2

Midland

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 Midland

Midlander

ˈmid-lən-dər 

-ˌlan-

noun

Examples of midland in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By 1850, the Great Famine had not only reduced the population through starvation and emigration but also accelerated the advance of English across Ireland’s midlands, as far as Sligo on the west coast. —Big Think, 4 May 2026

Villa take Bologna back to the Midlands next week with a two-goal advantage. —Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026

On Tuesday, health officials announced there was a measles exposure on Jan. 2 in the midlands region at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia. —Lilia Geho, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2026

Harrison pops in and out of these different iterations of the characters seamlessly, dropping Midlands slang in his baby blue trackies one moment and then fiercely fighting back tears the next. —Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for midland

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

midland

noun

mid·​land ˈmid-lənd 

-ˌland

: the central region of a country

midland adjective

Geographical Definition

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.