Meaning of MIDLAND
| Pronunciation: | | 'midlund, 'midlund
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- [n] the interior part of a country
- [n] a town in west central Texas
- [adj] of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"
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| | Synonyms: | | inland, interior, upcountry |
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| | See Also: | | country, inside, interior, land, Lone-Star State, state, Texas, town, TX | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mid"land\, a.
1. Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or
seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants. --Howell.
2. Surrounded by the land; mediterranean.
And on the midland sea the French had awed.
--Dryden.
\Mid"land\, n.
The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in
the plural. --Drayton.
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| | Related Terms: | | amidships, average, central, core, equatorial, equidistant, halfway, heartland, hinterland, inland, inlands, inshore, interior, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mezzo, mid, middle, middlemost, middling, midlands, midmost, midships, midway, nuclear, up-country |
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