What does midland mean?
Definitions for midland
ˈmɪd ləndmid·land
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word midland.
Princeton's WordNet
Midlandnoun
a town in west central Texas
midlandadjective
the interior part of a country
interior, midland, upcountryadjective
of or coming from the middle of a region or country
"upcountry districts"
Wiktionary
midlandnoun
The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
midlandadjective
Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Midlandadjective
Etymology: mid and land.
The same name is given to the inlanders, or midland inhabitants of this island, by Cæsar. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
The midland towns abounding in wealth, shews that her riches are intern and domestick. James Howell, Vocal Forest.
The various dialects of the English in the North and West, render their expressions many times unintelligible to the other, and both scarce intelligible to the midland. Matthew Hale.
There was the Plymouth squadron now come in,
Which twice on Biscay’s working bay had been,
And on the midland sea the French had aw’d. Dryden.
ChatGPT
midland
Midland is a term used to describe an area located in the middle or central part of a country or region. It often refers to areas away from the coast and can also refer to regions characterized by moderate or average elevation, not mountainous or hilly. The term can also refer specifically to various cities around the world named Midland.
Webster Dictionary
Midlandadjective
being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants
Midlandadjective
surrounded by the land; mediterranean
Midlandnoun
the interior or central region of a country; -- usually in the plural
Wikidata
Midland
Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of the 2010 census, the population of Midland was 111,147, and a 2011 estimate of 113,931, making it the twenty-eighth most populous city in the state of Texas. Due to the oil boom in Midland, certain officials have estimated the population to be hovering around 155,000 to 165,000. The Midland metropolitan area's, composed of Midland County, population grew 4.6 percent to 151,662 between July 1, 2011 and July 1, 2012, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Midland County. The metropolitan area is also a component of the larger Midland–Odessa, Texas Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 274,002 as of July 1, 2010. People in Midland are called Midlanders. Midland was originally founded as the midway point between Fort Worth and El Paso on the Texas and Pacific Railroad in 1881. The city has received national recognition as the hometown of former First Lady Laura Bush, and the onetime home of former President George H.W. Bush, former President George W. Bush, and former First Lady Barbara Bush.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MIDLAND
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Midland is ranked #137327 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Midland surname appeared 122 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Midland.
95.9% or 117 total occurrences were White.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'midland' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4050
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of midland in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of midland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of midland in a Sentence
When I was born in Midland, Texas ... my little eyes opened and there I was, probably crying and trying to get a little oxygen, i looked up and Barbara Bush was there. I didn't know it at the time, but I won the lottery.
Population growth this decade was almost entirely in metro areas, texas is a good example of this, where parts of the Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas Fort Worth, Midland and Odessa metro areas had population growth, whereas many of the state's other counties had population declines.
The rest of the world is sweeping past us. The oil and gas of the Texas future is the well-educated mind. But we are still worried about whether Midland can beat Odessa at football.
I definitely see more new faces, more families moving to Midland. The restaurant business has definitely gone up.
That's a game-changer, midland County's just wrong. Interests are paying for access. And Midland County's confusing to people -- is my member of Congress voting for this interest or corporation or are they for me ?
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