Meanings
midwest1
- alternativeAlternative spelling of Midwest.
Midwest2
alternative 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.
2021 February 8, Emily Badger, “West Virginia Has Everyone’s Attention. What Does It Really Need?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2021Synonyms: Middle West
- A town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe 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.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Germanic*midjaz
- Proto-West Germanic*midi
- Old Englishmidd
- Middle Englishmid
- Englishmid
- Englishmid-
- EnglishWest
- EnglishMidwest
Translations
Catalan Oest Mitjà
- Oest Mitjàarea of the United States
French mi-ouest
- mi-ouestarea of the United States
German Mittlerer Westen
- Mittlerer Westenarea of the United States
Hebrew הַמַּעֲרָב הַתִּיכוֹן
- הַמַּעֲרָב הַתִּיכוֹן (hama'aráv hatichón)area of the United States
Irish an tIarthar Láir
- an tIarthar Láirarea of the United States
Russian Средний Запад
- Средний Запад (Srednij Zapad)area of the United States
Spanish medio oeste
- medio oestearea of the United States
Vietnamese Trung Tây
- Trung Tâyarea of the United States
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
midwest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midwest
“midwest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midwest. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midwest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midwest.
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