Midwest

midwest Mid West English thumb|a map of the Midwestern US Alternative forms en midwest Etymology en :af mid- West + 1 Pronunciation en /mɪdˈwɛst/ RP,GA,CA en /mɪdˈwɛst/ [mɪdˈwɐst] Inland Northern American English en En-us-Midwest.oga Midwestern US [mɪdˈwɐst] en /mɪdˈwest/ AU en /mədˈwest/ NZ Proper noun 1 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. en Middle West en Emily Badger West Virginia Has Everyone’s Attention. What Does It Really Need? w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/upshot/west-virginia-manchin-stimulus.html 2021-02-08 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418214739/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/upshot/west-virginia-manchin-stimulus.html en without 'the' en town co/Natrona County s/Wyoming c/United States. Derived terms en Midwest City Midwest emo midwestward Upper Midwest Translations area of the United States Catalan: ca Oest Mitjà m French: fr mi-ouest m German: de Mittlerer Westen m Hebrew: he הַמַּעֲרָב הַתִּיכוֹן m hama'aráv hatichón Irish: ga Iarthar Láir m an tIarthar Láir Russian: ru Средний Запад Spanish: es medio oeste m Vietnamese: vi Trung Tây Further reading Midwestern United States en Geographic and cultural areas of the United States