Middle America: Meaning and Definition of

Mid'dle Amer'ica

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. average middle-class Americans as a group, as distinguished from the rich or poor or the politically extreme.
  2. the Midwest.
  3. continental North America S of the U.S., comprising Mexico, Central America, and usually the West Indies. 92,000,000; 1,060,118 sq. mi. (2,745,705 sq. km).
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