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mid⋅way

  [adv., adj. mid-wey; n. mid-wey]
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–adverb, adjective
1. in the middle of the way or distance; halfway.
–noun
2. a place or part situated midway.
3. (often initial capital letter) the place or way, as at a fair or carnival, on or along which sideshows and similar amusements are located.
4. the amusements, concessions, etc., located on or around this place or way.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME midwei, OE midweg; see mid 1 , way 1 ; def. 3 and 4 after the Midway Plaisance, the main thoroughfare of the World Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893
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Mid⋅way

  [mid-wey]
–noun
1. several U.S. islets in the N Pacific, about 1300 mi. (2095 km) NW of Hawaii: Japanese defeated in a naval battle June, 1942; 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
2. an airport in Chicago.
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mid·way   (mĭd'wā')   
n.  

  1. The area of a fair, carnival, circus, or exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located.

  2. Obsolete

    1. The middle of a way or distance.

    2. A middle course of action or thought.

adv.  In the middle of a way or distance; halfway: midway through the second quarter of the football game.
mid'way' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

midway 
O.E. mid-weg "the middle of a way or distance." Meaning "central avenue of a fairground" is first recorded 1893, Amer.Eng., in ref. to the Midway Plaisance of the Worlds Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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