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Midi
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midi MIDI miði mídí
English
Etymology
en fr Midi south.
Proper noun
1
en Q1237299en cultural region referring to the south of c/France ; approximately corresponding to the regions where Occitan is or was spoken.
en E. N. Vallandigiiam Our Men of the Midi w:The Atlantic 1907-06 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1907/06/our-men-of-the-midi/639096/ 2151-9463 Some thousands of French Huguenots settled in the South between 1670 and the end of the seventeenth century; but these immigrants included many French of the Midi, so that the newcomers tended to intensify characteristics already developing in the native population under climatic influences. https://web.archive.org/web/20230401204307/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1907/06/our-men-of-the-midi/639096/ 1 April 2023
en-GB Jill Insley French leave that wasn't so fruitful w:The Guardian 2006-10-29 https://www.theguardian.com/money/2006/oct/29/france 0261-3077 For sale: 75-acre peach and grape farm in the Midi, France - £595,000. Farmhouse included. Not surprisingly, the average age of French farmers has dropped from 55 to 40 during the past 15 years. But even so, the owner of the Midi farm has discovered the hard way that a move across the channel is not without risk. https://web.archive.org/web/20140926013901/https://www.theguardian.com/money/2006/oct/29/france
en-GB Fiona Sampson The other Dordogne: exploring France’s unspoiled Périgord region w:The Guardian 2024-07-20 https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jul/20/the-other-dordogne-france-unspoiled-perigord-region-perigueux 0261-3077 Start to haggle and you’ll realise they’re speaking not only French but something earthier. This is Occitan, ancient language of the Midi, the Pyrenees and parts of north-west Italy. https://web.archive.org/web/20240916213322/https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jul/20/the-other-dordogne-france-unspoiled-perigord-region-perigueux
Anagrams
en diim imid imid-
French
fr:
Alternative forms
fr midi
Etymology
From fr midi south.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Paris-Midi.wav
Proper noun
m le Midi
the en Midi southernmost cultural region of France
Middle Irish
Pronunciation
mga /ˈmʲiðʲə/ earlier
mga /ˈmʲiɣʲə/ later
Proper noun
mga proper noun form
mga Mide gen s
Mutation
M idi