MIDWEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Midwest mean? 

• MIDWEST (noun)
  The noun MIDWEST has 1 sense:

1. the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)

  Familiarity information: MIDWEST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDWEST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Midwest"):

Rustbelt (urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles))

IL; Ill.; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a midwestern state in north-central United States)

Hoosier State; IN; Ind.; Indiana; Hawkeye State; IA; Ia.; Iowa; Kan.; Kansas; KS; Sunflower State (a state in midwestern United States)

Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

Gopher State; Minn.; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)

Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)

Cornhusker State; NE; Neb.; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)

Buckeye State; OH; Ohio (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)

Badger State; WI; Wis.; Wisc.; Wisconsin (a midwestern state in north central United States)

Holonyms ("Midwest" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

 Context examples 

A state in the northern midwest United States.

(Minnesota, NCI Thesaurus)

A state in the southern midwest United States.

(Louisiana, NCI Thesaurus)

A state in the central midwest United States.

(Kansas, NCI Thesaurus)

In contrast, weak La Niñas led to April outbreaks throughout the South, particularly in Oklahoma and Kansas, while strong La Niñas led to April outbreaks along the Ohio Valley and in the Southeast and Upper Midwest.

(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)

They found that weak El Niños led to tornado outbreaks in May throughout the Upper Midwest, while strong El Niños led to outbreaks in February across Central Florida and the Gulf Coast.

(Ocean temperatures may hold key to predicting tornado outbreaks, NOAA)