midwestern

1. 1.

   of a region of the United States generally including Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; and sometimes Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota

   “a midwestern city”

   “midwestern accent”

   Similarwestern

Questions about midwestern

What does midwestern mean?

midwestern means "of a region of the United States generally including Ohio; Indiana; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Kansas; Nebraska; and sometimes Michigan; Wisconsin; Minnesota".

How many syllables are in midwestern?

midwestern has 3 syllables: mi-dwes-tern. The stress falls on "dwes". In IPA it is /mɪˈdwɛstɚn/.

Is midwestern a common word?

midwestern is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.