What is the meaning of Midway?

noun

• The place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located.
• Naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands.
  • synonyms: Battle of Midway

adjective

• Equally distant from the extremes.
  • synonyms: center, halfway, middle

adverb

• At half the distance; at the middle.
  • usage: "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell"
  • synonyms: halfway