Dictionary definition for: Midway
1. (n) the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
2. (s) equally distant from the extremes
3. (r) at half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
4. (n) 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
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