Etymology From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.
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The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
The City of Daejeon: the capital of Choongnam Province in the midland of Korea, now it is expanded to be a Metropolitan City.2007, Kye-hyŏng Pak, A Life, →ISBN, page 166:
Derived terms
Northern Midlands, Southern Midlands
midland
adj
Etymology From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.
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Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country.
Midland
adj
Etymology From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.
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:
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:
2 more examples
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:
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:
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Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English.