Meanings
proper noun
- A neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too.
2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2025
Origin
- Middle DutchMidwout“middle woods”
- EnglishMidwood
From Middle Dutch Midwout (“middle woods”), equivalent to mid- + wood.
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APA
Midwood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Midwood
MLA
“Midwood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Midwood. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Midwood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Midwood.
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