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Middle America en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (US) A portion of the United States comprising rural and suburban areas, and the mindsets of these areas.
    • Implicit in dismissals like Mencken’s is the notion that what happens in Middle America should stay in Middle America—that what entertains or illuminates in so-called flyover country couldn’t possibly matter elsewhere. 2018 September 26, Carson Vaughan, “'Boom Town' Explodes the Notion of ‘Flyover’ Territory”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2018:
  2. (US) The American middle class.
  3. (US) The Midwestern United States.
  4. A geographical region comprising Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

Relateds

Middle Americanist

Synonyms

heartland

Translations (4)

pl Ameryka Środkowa (geographical region) · es América Medial (geographical region) · fi Väli-Amerikka (geographical region) · es América Media (geographical region)