midtown

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noun

The part of a city between uptown and downtown.

OriginEnglish town ← Middle English toun ← Old English tūn →
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Meanings

nounmidtown (countable and uncountable, plural midtowns)

plural midtowns

  1. UScountableuncountableThe part of a city between uptown and downtown.

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. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
  13. Proto-Celtic*dūnom
  14. Proto-Germanic*tūną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*tūn
  16. Old Englishtūn
  17. Middle Englishtoun
  18. Englishtown
  19. Englishmidtown

From mid- + town.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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