Midwest

Midwest
or Middle West geographical name region N central United States including area around Great Lakes & in upper Mississippi River valley from Ohio — sometimes considered to include Kentucky on the E to North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, & Kansas on the W • Midwestern or Middle Western adjective • Midwesterner or Middle Westerner noun

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