Midlands

See also: midlands and Midland

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the Midlands

  2. (British) A loosely-defined culturally distinct area of England, corresponding to the central horizontal band of England, now administratively realized as regions of the East Midlands and West Midlands.
    Holonyms: England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
    Meronyms: East Midlands, West Midlands
    Comeronyms: North Country, West Country, South
    • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.
  3. Any of several central regions in several other countries.
    1. A province in central Zimbabwe. Capital: Gweru.

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