Midland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪdlənd/
Etymology: From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.
Senses: examples: ref: 2006, Thomas Edward Murray, Beth Lee Simon, Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look, →ISBN:
text: Throughout the Midland and the South, the nucleus of /aw/ is well front of center, [...]
ref: 2011, William Labov, Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3, →ISBN:
glosses: The loosely-defined region of the United States that is between the North and the South, where Midland American English is spoken.
examples: text: [...] the difficult Southern English found in the Kentish Ayenbite of Inwyt, or even from the Midland of Chaucer's poems.
ref: 1912, Walter William Skeat, English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day:
text: The striking positional variants [...] of Virginia are probably an American innovation, since this feature is not found in Standard British English or the folk speech of the Midland and the south of England, though northern England and Scotland have it to some extent.
[…]
It is worth noting that only two instances of the pronunciation /jɛst/, riming with guest, have been recorded in the New England settlement area (one near Boston, the other near Buffalo), a pronunciation widely used in the English Midland along with /jɪst/, riming with fist. These are the normal derivatives of OE gist, gest...
ref: 1961, Pronunciation of English in the United States, pages 110 and 175:
glosses: The English Midlands.
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glosses: A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
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A town in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
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A ghost town in Riverside County, California.
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An unincorporated community in Muscogee County, Georgia.
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An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
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A town in Allegany County, Maryland.
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A city, the county seat of Midland County, Michigan.
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An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Missouri.
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A town in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
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A village in Clinton County, Ohio.
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A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
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A rural small town in Haakon County, South Dakota.
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An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
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A city, the county seat of Midland County, Texas.
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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia.
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A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
examples: text: "... the case of the Midland and the case of the Great Eastern" (his Lordship had been referring to the reasons for special scales). "The case of the Midland we found to be very peculiar, because, unlike most of the other railway companies,..."
ref: 1891, Report ... Together with the Proceedings of the [Great British Parliament's Joint Select] Committee [on Railway Rates and Charges], Minutes, Mr. Bidder, in Mr. George Henry Turner is re-called, line 1643, line 15551
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: MR
glosses: A former railway company in England, the Midland Railway.
Derived terms: Midland County