Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
flyover country en · NOUN
Meanings
-
(US, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable) The parts of the United States between the East and West Coasts.
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:
Coordinates
flyover state