Midwest
/ˌmɪdˈwest/ n [U] (also Middle America, Middle West)Definition
› the north central part of the US which includes Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas: The drought has destroyed grain crops across much of the Midwest. Midwestern /mɪdˈwes·tərn/ adj › midwestern states/farms/families
(Definition of Midwest n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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