释义
[ mid -luh nd ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈmɪd lənd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
SEE SYNONYMS FOR midland ON THESAURUS.COM
noun the middle or interior part of a country.
(initial capital letter ) the dialect of English spoken in the central part of England.
(initial capital letter ) the dialect of English spoken in the southern parts of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and in West Virginia, Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee, and throughout the southern Appalachians.
adjective in or of the midland; inland.
(initial capital letter ) of or relating to Midland.
Origin of midland 1400–50; late Middle English. See mid-, land
Words nearby midland midinette, Midi-Pyrénées, midiron, midiskirt, midi system, midland , Midlander, Midlands, midleg, Mid-Lent Sunday, mid-level
Definition for midland (2 of 2) [ mid -luh nd ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈmɪd lənd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun a city in W Texas.
a city in central Michigan.
a town in S Ontario, in S Canada, on Georgian Bay of Lake Huron.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for midland All the locals who came to a Midland Park, New Jersey hearing on the building of a mosque were against.
When Bigotry Comes to Your Hometown | Dean Obeidallah| July 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The little town of Midland Park is a middle-class suburb of New York City, just north of my hometown of Paramus.
When Bigotry Comes to Your Hometown | Dean Obeidallah| July 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
However, every single resident of Midland Park who testified voiced opposition to the mosque.
When Bigotry Comes to Your Hometown | Dean Obeidallah| July 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Al Ramic panicked as he soon as he turned onto Nugent Street from Midland Avenue.
‘It Was Like a War Zone’: Hurricane-Ravaged Staten Island Reels | Paula Szuchman| November 3, 2012| DAILY BEAST
He lived in a tiny bungalow at 787 Nugent in the Midland Beach section of town.
‘It Was Like a War Zone’: Hurricane-Ravaged Staten Island Reels | Paula Szuchman| November 3, 2012| DAILY BEAST
His nature was bold and fitted to command, and to him is due, in a large degree, the proud position the Midland holds to-day.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
There it was—how many of its fellows I had seen in the Midland and northern workshops!
The War on All Fronts: England's Effort | Mrs. Humphry Ward
Ye may meet wi' rough customers on the Border, or in the Midland , afore ye get to Lunnon.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated | Sir Walter Scott
Although these plans did not fully materialize, one of the new roads, the Midland Continental, did make the city its home office.
But mamma's living in Midland , and two of my brothers work there.
North of Fifty-Three | Bertrand W. Sinclair
SEE MORE EXAMPLES SEE FEWER EXAMPLES
British Dictionary definitions for midland noun the central or inland part of a country (as modifier ) a midland region Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to midland boondocks, central, hinterland, inward, provincial, back-country, heartland, upcountry