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Middle America

 
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–noun
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).
Related forms:
Middle American, adjective, noun
Mid⋅dle-A⋅mer⋅i⋅can, adjective
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Middle America 1  
A region of southern North America comprising Mexico, Central America, and sometimes the West Indies.
Middle American adj. & n.
Middle America 2  
n.  

  1. That part of the U.S. middle class thought of as being average in income and education and moderately conservative in values and attitudes.

  2. The American heartland thought of as being made up of small towns, small cities, and suburbs.

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Middle America

The interior regions of the United States, as distinguished from the East Coast and West Coast.

Note: Middle America is associated with conservative, traditional values in politics, religion, and culture.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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