MIDDLE WEST

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does middle west mean? 

• MIDDLE WEST (noun)
  The noun MIDDLE WEST has 1 sense:

1. the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)

  Familiarity information: MIDDLE WEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE WEST (noun)

Meaning:

The north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "middle west"):

Buckeye State; OH; Ohio (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

Cornhusker State; NE; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)

Missouri; MO; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)

Gopher State; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)

Great Lakes State; MI; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

Kansas; KS; Sunflower State; Hawkeye State; IA; Iowa; Hoosier State; IN; Indiana (a state in midwestern United States)

IL; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a Midwest state in north-central United States)

Badger State; WI; Wisconsin (a midwestern state in north central United States)

Holonyms ("middle west" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)