MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does midwestern United States mean? 

• MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES (noun)
  The noun MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES (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 "midwestern United States"):

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 ("midwestern United States" 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)