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MIDDLE WEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
Synonyms:
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "middle west"):
Rustbelt (urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles))
IL; Ill.; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a midwestern state in north-central United States)
Hoosier State; IN; Ind.; Indiana; Hawkeye State; IA; Ia.; Iowa; Kan.; Kansas; KS; Sunflower State (a state in midwestern United States)
Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
Gopher State; Minn.; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)
Missouri; MO; 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)
Cornhusker State; NE; Neb.; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)
Buckeye State; OH; Ohio (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
Badger State; WI; Wis.; Wisc.; 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)
