the middle, cognate with the Lat. _medius_, Grk. _mesos_, and Gadhelic _meadhon_; _e.g._ Middleby, Middleton, Middleham, Mitton, Middleburg (the middle town); Middlesex (the territory of the middle Saxons); Middlewich (the middle salt manufactory), in Cheshire--_v._ WICH; Midhurst (the middle wood), in Sussex; Midmar (the middle district of Mar), in Aberdeenshire; Ardmeanadh, Gael. _Ardmeadhonadh_ (the middle height), being the Gaelic name for Cromarty; Mitford (the middle ford); Melton-Mowbray, sometimes written _Medeltune_ (the middle town), formerly belonging to the Mowbray family; Mittelgebirge (the middle mountain range); Mittelwalde, Sclav. _Medzibor_ (the middle of the wood), in Silesia; Methwold, in Norfolk, with the same meaning; Mittweyda (in the midst of pasture ground), in Saxony; Methley and Metfield (middle field); Meseritz and Meseritsch, _i.e._ _mied-zyvreka_ (in the midst of streams), in Moravia and Pomerania; Mediasch (in the midst of waters), in Hungary; Misdroi (in the midst of woods), in Pomerania; Mediterranean Sea (in the middle of the land); Media (the middle country, as then known); Mesopotamia, Grk. (the country between the rivers); Mediolanum (in the midst of the plain or land)--_v._ LANN--the ancient name of Milan, Saintes, and some other towns. [Sidenote: MLADY, MLODY (Sclav.),] new; _e.g._ Mladiza, Mladowitz, Mladzowitz (new town), in Bohemia; Bladen and Bladow, corrupt. from _Mladen_, with the same meaning, in Silesia. [Sidenote: MOEL (Cym.-Cel.), MAOL, MEALL (Gadhelic), MOOL (Scand.),]