Midwest

proper nounattested in dialogue

Canada//mɪdˈwɛst//
Australia//mɪdˈwest//
New Zealand//mədˈwest//
//mɪdˈwɛst//
/[mɪdˈwɐst]/

The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.

proper noun

1
The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.
Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest.
2
A town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English West English Midwest From mid- + West.

midtown · The part of a city between uptown and downtown.midway · The middle; the midst.Midway · An atoll in the North Pacific the site of a major World War…

Midwest · The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,…

midwife · A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in…might · Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or…mighty · Very strong; possessing might.

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