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the Midwest

1. The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.

   Synonym: Middle West

   • 2021 February 8, Emily Badger, “West Virginia Has Everyone’s Attention. What Does It Really Need?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 April 2021:

     Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest.

2. (without 'the') A town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.

• Midwestern United States on Wikipedia.Wikipedia