midland

/ˈmɪdlənd/

midland noun: the region of a country not near the borders; the interior.

Noun

midland (plural midlands)

The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
- The City of Daejeon: the capital of Choongnam Province in the midland of Korea, now it is expanded to be a Metropolitan City.2007, Kye-hyŏng Pak, A Life, →ISBN, page 166

Adjective (1)

midland (not comparable)

Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country.

Proper noun capitalized: Midland

Midland

The loosely-defined region of the United States that is between the North and the South, where Midland American English is spoken.
- Throughout the Midland and the South, the nucleus of /aw/ is well front of center, [...]2011, William Labov, Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3, →ISBN
(attributive) The English Midlands.
- [...] the difficult Southern English found in the Kentish Ayenbite of Inwyt, or even from the Midland of Chaucer's poems.1912, Walter William Skeat, English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
- The striking positional variants [...] of Virginia are probably an American innovation, since this feature is not found in Standard British English or the folk speech of the Midland and the south of England, though northern England and Scotland have it to some extent.
  […]
  It is worth noting that...1961, Pronunciation of English in the United States, pages 110 and 175
A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
A town in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
A ghost town in Riverside County, California.
An unincorporated community in Muscogee County, Georgia.
An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.
An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
An unincorporated community in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
A town in Allegany County, Maryland.

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A city, the county seat of Midland County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri.
A town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
A village in Clinton County, Ohio.
A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
A rural small town in Haakon County, South Dakota.
An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
A city, the county seat of Midland County, Texas.
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia.
A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
(historical) A former railway company in England, the Midland Railway.
- "... the case of the Midland and the case of the Great Eastern" (his Lordship had been referring to the reasons for special scales). "The case of the Midland we found to be very peculiar, because, unlike most of the other railway companies,..."1891, Report ... Together with the Proceedings of the [Great British Parliament's Joint Select] Committee [on Railway Rates and Charges], Minutes, Mr. Bidder, in Mr. George Henry Turner is re-called...
Synonyms:

MR

Adjective (2) capitalized: Midland

Midland (comparative more Midland, superlative most Midland)

From or pertaining to the English Midlands.
- In the more Midland counties, there are thirteen ; in Staffordshire (Wolverhampton), one; in Warwick (Birmingham), seven; in Nottingham, three; in Leicester, one; and Northampton, one.1908, “Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble-Minded”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 88
- The obvious inference was that Midland culture found its centre in Lichfield, and that the only claim to distinction which the larger town could make was based on commercial grounds.1923, “The Old Book Trade in Birmingham”, in The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record, page 235
Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English.

midland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

midland in Hindi

मिडलैंड

midland in Tamil

நாட்டின் உட்பகுதி

midland in Urdu

اندرون ملک

midland in Bengali

মিডল্যান্ড

More languagesFewer languages

midland in Telugu: మిడ్ల్యాండ్
midland in Malayalam: മിഡ് ലാൻഡ്, മിഡ്ലാൻഡ്
midland in Kannada: ಮಿಡ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
midland in Punjabi: ਮਿਡਲੈਂਡ
midland in Gujarati: મિડલેન્ડ

Synonyms of midland

Forms of midland

Noun
plural	midlands
Adjective
comparative	more Midland
superlative	most Midland

Plural of midland: midlands

Origin of midland

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

Words formed from midland

Questions about midland

What does midland mean?: Midland means the region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
What is midland in Hindi?: Midland in Hindi is मिडलैंड. See Midland meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is midland?: Midland can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce midland?: Midland is pronounced /ˈmɪdlənd/.
What is the plural of midland?: The plural of midland is midlands.

Words near midland in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: midland (page history and authors); Midland (page history and authors); midland (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); midland (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); midland (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); midland (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); midland (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); midland (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); midland (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); midland (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); midland (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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