Antonyms for midland


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mid-luh nd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪd lənd


Definition of midland

Origin :
  • early 15c., mydlonde; mid + land (n.). As a noun from 1550s, first of the Midlands of England.
  • As in inland : adj interior
Example sentences :
  • All the Midland Counties heard of his fame, and demanded to hear him.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Up to this time I had been an attorney in a midland town in England.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The hostess asked him where he had seen it, and he said in Midland.
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Play » by W. D. Howells
  • Why does not some one write a Minstrelsy of the Midland Counties?
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 » by Various
  • You told me you were going to sell the Midland land to two big ranch-owners.
  • Extract from : « 'Firebrand' Trevison » by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • He told her about the Midland grant and his purchase from Marchmont.
  • Extract from : « 'Firebrand' Trevison » by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • A not uncommon form of posts and rails is a Midland stile (Fig. 112).
  • Extract from : « The Horsewoman » by Alice M. Hayes
  • The midland counties were in all likelihood a mixture of the two.
  • Extract from : « Out in the Forty-Five » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • “Only that a Midland man would think we were still in the North,” said she.
  • Extract from : « Out in the Forty-Five » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • "Eh, bless you, it'll be hours late on the Midland," she said indifferently.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

Synonyms for midland

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