Mid-American.

Brit.

/mɪdəˈmɛrᵻkə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪdəˈmɛrəkə/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: mid adj., proper name America.

Etymology: < mid adj. + the name of America (see America n.). Compare earlier Mid-American adj., Middle America n.

1. The middle part of the United States, esp. the Midwest. Cf. Middle America n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > western states > mid-west

Mid-America1861

Middle West1866

Midwest1894

Middle America1924

1861 T. Winthrop John Brent v. 57 Ploughmen may tarry in those dull, boundless plough-fields, the prairie lands of mid-America.

1918 S. Anderson Mid-Amer. Chants 51 From all of Mid-America a prayer, To newer, braver gods.

1927 Illinois Catholic Hist. Rev. 9 Jan. 195 (heading) Illinois: the cradle of Christianity and civilization in Mid-America: a documentary history.

1961 D. Davie Paris Rev. xxv. 55 The melancholy, disinherited Spirit of mid-America.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 1 May b4/3 Mid-America offers a reserve of stabler, less innovative values.

1998 Time Out N.Y. 2 July 71/2 The music here seems suited mainly to those putative New Yorkers who've immigrated from mid-America.

2. The geographical region comprising Central America, Mexico, and the Antilles; the central part of the land mass of the American continents.

ΚΠ

1877 Globe Encycl. III. 470/1 Icica, a tropical genus of Amyridaceæ, consisting principally of large trees, belonging to mid-America, and possessing the balsamic juice for which the order is noted.

1944 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 13 12/2 It seems to reflect only our naturally limited information if such cultural progress seems to be more developed in North or South or Mid-America.

1944 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 13 18/1 The slave trade involved the Three Americas. It has affected permanently both the population and the culture of the Americas; especially Mid-America.

1957 Internat. Organization 11 50/1 The mountain cordillera running through mid-America and the tropical rain forests lying in the valleys..have made north-south over-land transportation between the countries extremely difficult... Within..Honduras and Nicaragua, large areas are still quite inaccessible.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mid-america
释义	Mid-American. Brit. /mɪdəˈmɛrᵻkə/, U.S. /ˌmɪdəˈmɛrəkə/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: mid adj., proper name America. Etymology: < mid adj. + the name of America (see America n.). Compare earlier Mid-American adj., Middle America n. 1. The middle part of the United States, esp. the Midwest. Cf. Middle America n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > western states > mid-west Mid-America1861 Middle West1866 Midwest1894 Middle America1924 1861 T. Winthrop John Brent v. 57 Ploughmen may tarry in those dull, boundless plough-fields, the prairie lands of mid-America. 1918 S. Anderson Mid-Amer. Chants 51 From all of Mid-America a prayer, To newer, braver gods. 1927 Illinois Catholic Hist. Rev. 9 Jan. 195 (heading) Illinois: the cradle of Christianity and civilization in Mid-America: a documentary history. 1961 D. Davie Paris Rev. xxv. 55 The melancholy, disinherited Spirit of mid-America. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 1 May b4/3 Mid-America offers a reserve of stabler, less innovative values. 1998 Time Out N.Y. 2 July 71/2 The music here seems suited mainly to those putative New Yorkers who've immigrated from mid-America. 2. The geographical region comprising Central America, Mexico, and the Antilles; the central part of the land mass of the American continents. ΚΠ 1877 Globe Encycl. III. 470/1 Icica, a tropical genus of Amyridaceæ, consisting principally of large trees, belonging to mid-America, and possessing the balsamic juice for which the order is noted. 1944 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 13 12/2 It seems to reflect only our naturally limited information if such cultural progress seems to be more developed in North or South or Mid-America. 1944 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 13 18/1 The slave trade involved the Three Americas. It has affected permanently both the population and the culture of the Americas; especially Mid-America. 1957 Internat. Organization 11 50/1 The mountain cordillera running through mid-America and the tropical rain forests lying in the valleys..have made north-south over-land transportation between the countries extremely difficult... Within..Honduras and Nicaragua, large areas are still quite inaccessible. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861
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