midway adj : equally distant from the extremes [syn: center(a), halfway, middle(a)]

1 the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located

2 naval battle of World War II (June 1942); land and carrier-based American planes decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands [syn: Battle of Midway] adv : at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell" [syn: halfway]

Midway can be any of the following:

• Midway (fair), a place at a fair or circus where rides, entertainment, and booths are concentrated

Places

• Midway Atoll, a low-lying coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean
  • Battle of Midway, a World War II battle fought on and around that island
    • Midway (film), a 1976 film with Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda
    • Midway (game), a board game by Avalon Hill*Midway, British Columbia*Chicago Midway International Airport
• Midway, Alabama
• Midway, Delaware
• Midway, Gadsden County, Florida
• Midway, Seminole County, Florida
• Midway, Georgia
• Midway, Elkhart County, Indiana
• Midway, Franklin County, Indiana
• Midway, Jefferson County, Indiana
• Midway, Kentucky
• Midway, Louisiana
• Midway Township, Minnesota
• Midway, Missouri
• Midway, North Carolina
• Midway, Ohio
• Midway, Adams County, Pennsylvania
• Midway, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Midway, Tennessee:
  • Midway, Pickett County, Tennessee
  • Midway, Washington County, Tennessee
• Midway, Texas
• Midway, Utah
• Midway Dragway, an eighth-mile drag race facility in South Carolina

Vessels

• Midway class carrier, a class of aircraft carrier
  • USS Midway (CV-41), a United States Navy aircraft carrier, now a memorial ship in San Diego, California

Other uses

• Midway Games, a video game developer and publisher
• Midway Plaisance, the entertainment section of the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago
• Midway (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis

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