n.
Pronunciation: ' mid-l ə ndz
Function: geographical name
the central counties of England ― usually considered to comprise Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, W. Midlands, & part of the former county of Hereford and Worcester