literally "(land of the) Middle Saxons" (those between Essex and Wessex); originally a much larger region. See middle (adj.) + Saxon.
middle name
middle passage
middlebrow
middleman
middlemost
Middlesex
Middletown
middleweight
middling
middy
Mideast
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