midlands

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A loosely-defined area of England; corresponding to the central horizontal band of England
The Midlands is the region or area in the central part of a country, in particular the central part of England. an engineering company in the Midlands. the central part of England
{i} region in central England
the middle of a state
the respective middles of states
East Midlands
A district in the geographical centre of England, being the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
English Midlands
A culturally distinct region in the centre of England
The Midlands
Central regions in other countries
The Midlands
A culturally distinct region in the centre of England
West Midlands
A metropolitan county in England
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The region of a country not near the borders; the interior
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{a} situated in the middle of the land
West Midlands
Metropolitan county (pop., 2001: 2,555,596), west-central England. Its main centre is Birmingham. From 1974 to 1986 West Midlands was an administrative metropolitan county; in 1986 its administrative functions were dispersed, and it is now a geographic and ceremonial county without administrative authority. Early settlement was sparse until Saxon colonists arrived; Coventry was the region's only significant town by the late 14th century. Small metalworking industries began in Birmingham in the 16th century, and by the 18th century the area's coalfields were important for ironworking. Many of the West Midlands' traditional metallurgical and manufacturing industries persisted into the 21st century, alongside the growth of electrical engineering and the manufacture of motor vehicles, aircraft, and synthetic fibres. The West Midlands name is also applied to the western portions of the Midlands region comprising Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire; this combined area constitutes one of England's so-called standard regions
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{s} of the middle of a country, of the center of the country
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Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country
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a town in west central Texas
midland
{i} middle or interior parts of a country, inland
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Surrounded by the land; mediterranean
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The interior or central region of a country; usually in the plural
midland
the interior part of a country
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Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants
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of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"
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the interior part of a country a town in west central Texas
the Midlands
inner counties (in Britain)
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