MIDLAND


Meaning of MIDLAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmid-lənd, -ˌland ]

noun

Date: 1555

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 United States 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

• Mid·land·er -lən-dər, -ˌlan- noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.