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Midwest^¹

/mɪdˈwɛst/ Canada, US, UK
/mɪdˈwɛst/ Inland Northern American
[mɪdˈwɐst] Inland Northern American
/mɪdˈwest/ Australia
/mədˈwest/ New Zealand

proper noun the Midwest · midwest

The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky. Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest.
Similar: Middle West
without 'the' A town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.

midwest^²

proper noun

alternative Alternative spelling of Midwest

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: middle west, midwestern, west, rust belt, heartland, corn belt, farm belt, breadbasket, old northwest, upper midwest, plains states, northeast, mid-atlantic, northwest territory, east, north america

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name area of the United States

Español	medio oeste
Français	mi-ouest
Deutsch	Mittlerer Westen
Русский	Средний Запад Srednij Zapad
Tiếng Việt	Trung Tây
עברית	הַמַּעֲרָב הַתִּיכוֹן hama'aráv hatichón

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@misc{midwest_2026,
  title = {midwest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/midwest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}