Midwest
pronunciation
How to pronounce Midwest in British English:
UK [,mid'west]
How to pronounce Midwest in American English:
US [ˌmɪd'west]
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- Noun:
- the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)
Word Origin
- Midwest (n.)
- 1926, in U.S. geographical sense, from earlier Midwestern (1889) in reference to a group of states originally listed as W.Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas; now generally meaning states somewhat further northwest. Related: Midwesterner.
Example
- 1. In some respects the midwest 's economy looks perky .
- 2. We 're just small-town people from the midwest .
- 3. Murchison itself failed in its own attempt to buy midwest .
- 4. Sales in the midwest increased 1 percent .
- 5. She was raised in the american midwest by immigrant chinese parents .