1. midland(n = noun.location) - a town in west central Texas;
is a kind of town
is a part of lone-star state, texas, tx
2. midland(n = noun.location) - the interior part of a country;
is a kind of inside, interior
is a part of country, land, state
midland(s = adj.all) interior, upcountry - of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"
1. Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants. Howell. [1913 Webster]
2. Surrounded by the land; mediterranean. [1913 Webster]
"And on the midland sea the French had awed." [1913 Webster]
The interior or central region of a country; -- usually in the plural. Drayton. [1913 Webster]
midland, n. & adj.
--n.
1 (the Midlands) the inland counties of central England.
2 the middle part of a country.
--adj.
1 of or in the midland or Midlands.
2 Mediterranean.
Derivative:
midlander n.
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