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midwest
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Noun midwest has 1 sense
- midwest(n = noun.location) middle west, midwestern united states - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America); Array has parts: rustbelt, il, illinois, land of lincoln, prairie state, hoosier state, in, indiana, hawkeye state, ia, iowa, kansas, ks, sunflower state, great lakes state, mi, michigan, wolverine state, gopher state, minnesota, mn, north star state, missouri, mo, show me state, cornhusker state, ne, nebraska, buckeye state, oh, ohio, badger state, wi, wisconsin
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa
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