"Midwest" meaning in All languages combined

See Midwest on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Audio: En-us-Midwest.oga Forms: the Midwest [canonical]
Etymology: From mid- + West. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mid|West}} mid- + West Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the Midwest
  1. 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. Categories (place): Regions of the United States Synonyms: Middle West
    Sense id: en-Midwest-en-name-3ZxNf7Fq Disambiguation of Regions of the United States: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mid-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mid-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 55 45
  2. (without 'the') A town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. Categories (place): Places in Wyoming, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Wyoming, USA, Towns in the United States, Regions of the United States
    Sense id: en-Midwest-en-name-x40gqmNb Disambiguation of Regions of the United States: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mid-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mid-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: midwest Derived forms: Midwest City, Midwest emo, Upper Midwest Translations (area of the United States): Oest Mitjà [masculine] (Catalan), mi-ouest [masculine] (French), Mittlerer Westen [masculine] (German), an tIarthar Láir [masculine] (Irish), Средний Запад (Srednij Zapad) (Russian), medio oeste [masculine] (Spanish), Trung Tây (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'area of the United States': 55 45

Alternative forms

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