midcontinent

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adjective

In or near the middle of a continent.

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

adjectivemidcontinent (not comparable)

alternative mid-continent

  1. not comparableIn or near the middle of a continent.

    Union trainmen stopped traffic on six midcontinent railroads with an unheralded strike yesterday, but some railroads said they expected to resume service by early today.

    1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3

Origin

  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. Englishcontinent
  12. Englishmidcontinent

From mid- + continent.

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Cite this entry
APA

midcontinent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcontinent

MLA

“midcontinent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcontinent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midcontinent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midcontinent.

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