midcoast

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adjective

Located toward the middle of a coast, not at either end

OriginEnglish coast ← Middle English mid ← Old English midd →
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Meanings

midcoast1

adjectivemidcoast (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated toward the middle of a coast, not at either end

    In “Water Dogs” it’s early March 1997 in midcoast Maine[…].

    2009 January 25, Anthony Doerr, “Snowbound”, in New York Times

MidCoast2

proper noun
  1. A local government area in the Mid North Coast region, New South Wales, Australia; in full, MidCoast Council.

Origin

midcoast · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Englishcoast
  12. Englishmidcoast

From mid- + coast.

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MidCoast · proper noun

From mid + coast.

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Cite this entry
APA

midcoast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcoast

MLA

“midcoast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcoast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midcoast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcoast.

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