north-central
1. [ adjective ] being in or of a region of the US including the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri west of Pennsylvania and east of Montana Wyoming and Colorado
Related terms: northern
2. [ adjective ] situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
Examples:

"the north-central part of Russia"

Related terms: north
3. [ adjective ] being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvan
Related terms: northern
4. [ adjective ] situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
Examples:

"the north-central part of Russia"

Related terms: north
Similar spelling:   northwesterly
  northwester
  northwestwardly
  northwestern
  northwestward
  north-west
  north-east