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Midland en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. 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:
    • This stimulated sales and suited the needs of small manufacturers in the Midland city, who could not afford to trade on credit. 2004, Kenneth Morgan, Bristol and the Atlantic Trade in the Eighteenth Century, →ISBN, page 109:
    • 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:
    • His only visit to London had been that on which been touched by Queen Anne for the King's Evil and throughout his life he preserved a Midland accent in his speech. 1930, Victoria Roberts, Eighteenth Century Gentlemen, →ISBN, page 73:
  2. Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English.

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Midland en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɪdlənd/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. 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:
  2. (attributive) The English Midlands.
    • 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 only two instances of the pronunciation /jɛst/, riming with guest, have been recorded in the New England settlement area (one near Boston, the other near Buffalo), a pronunciation widely used in the English Midland along with /jɪst/, riming with fist. These are the normal derivatives of OE gist, gest... 1961, Pronunciation of English in the United States, pages 110 and 175:
    • [...] 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:
  3. A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.
  4. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  5. A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
  7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Riverside County, California.
  8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Muscogee County, Georgia.
  9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.
  10. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
  11. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
  12. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Allegany County, Maryland.
  13. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Midland County, Michigan.
  14. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri.
  15. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
  16. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Clinton County, Ohio.
  17. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
  18. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A rural small town in Haakon County, South Dakota.
  19. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
  20. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Midland County, Texas.
  21. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia.
  22. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
  23. (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, line 1643, line 15551

Deriveds

Midland County · Midland Park

Synonyms

MR