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MIDLAND

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Midland mean?

• MIDLAND (noun)
The noun MIDLAND has 2 senses:

1. a town in west central Texas
2. the interior part of a country

Familiarity information: MIDLAND used as a noun is rare.

• MIDLAND (adjective)
The adjective MIDLAND has 1 sense:

1. of or coming from the middle of a region or country

Familiarity information: MIDLAND used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MIDLAND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A town in west central Texas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Midland" is a part of...):

Lone-Star State; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The interior part of a country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("midland" is a kind of...):

inside; interior (the region that is inside of something)

Holonyms ("midland" is a part of...):

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

• MIDLAND (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or coming from the middle of a region or country

Synonyms:

midland; upcountry; interior

Context example:

upcountry districts

Similar:

inland (situated away from an area's coast or border)

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