Middle Westn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdl ˈwɛst/, U.S.

/ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈwɛst/

Forms: also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., west n.¹

Etymology: < middle adj. + west n.¹ Compare slightly earlier Middle Western adj. Compare also Midwest n. and adj.

= Midwest n.

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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

1866 A. Stevens Centenary Amer. Methodism iii. 232 It has provided,..two such institutions, one in the northeast and one in the north-west; it needs at least three more immediately: one in the middle East, one in the middle West, and one on the Pacific coast.

1885 Overland Monthly Feb. 211/2 The Middle West has no metropolis, or great common center.

1928 Cent. Mag. May 1/1 He can understand what the ‘home-folks’ in the small towns of the Middle West are talking about.

1937 Life 26 July 82/2 No club in the Middle West is more exclusive than the Old Club of Detroit.

1949 Oxf. Junior Encycl. III. 452/2 The Middle West region is oddly named, because the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri, which make it up, are really neither middle nor west.

1996 Farmers Weekly 22 Nov. 102/1 All across the American Middle West, thousands of farmers are harvesting similar bio-engineered soybeans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	middle west
释义	Middle Westn. Brit. /ˌmɪdl ˈwɛst/, U.S. /ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈwɛst/ Forms: also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., west n.¹ Etymology: < middle adj. + west n.¹ Compare slightly earlier Middle Western adj. Compare also Midwest n. and adj. = Midwest n. 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 1866 A. Stevens Centenary Amer. Methodism iii. 232 It has provided,..two such institutions, one in the northeast and one in the north-west; it needs at least three more immediately: one in the middle East, one in the middle West, and one on the Pacific coast. 1885 Overland Monthly Feb. 211/2 The Middle West has no metropolis, or great common center. 1928 Cent. Mag. May 1/1 He can understand what the ‘home-folks’ in the small towns of the Middle West are talking about. 1937 Life 26 July 82/2 No club in the Middle West is more exclusive than the Old Club of Detroit. 1949 Oxf. Junior Encycl. III. 452/2 The Middle West region is oddly named, because the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri, which make it up, are really neither middle nor west. 1996 Farmers Weekly 22 Nov. 102/1 All across the American Middle West, thousands of farmers are harvesting similar bio-engineered soybeans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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