n.
Pronunciation: ' mid-l ə nd, - ˌ land
Function: 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 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, No. Carolina, So. Carolina, and Georgia; Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia; and southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
– midland adjective often cap
– Mid · land · er \ -l ə n-d ə r, - ˌ lan- \ noun