midway

noun

1. Obsolete
   1. the middle of the way or distance
   2. a middle way or course
2. ☆

   Origin: orig. short for Midway Plaisance, the amusement area of the Columbian Exposition (1893), in Chicago

   that part of a fair or exposition where sideshows and other amusements are located

Origin: ME midwei < OE midweg

adjective, adverb