mid-Atlantic

adjective

1

: of or relating to the region of the U.S. that includes all or some of the states between New York and South Carolina

mid-Atlantic states/cities/beaches

2

: located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

mid-Atlantic islands

Examples of mid-Atlantic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With its wide front porch, front-facing gables, and custom awnings, this mid-Atlantic style colonial exudes charm. — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland Assateague Island offers unobstructed coastal horizons and relatively low light pollution for the mid-Atlantic region. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2026

Cotton is one of more than 100 million people across the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic breathing in dangerous air brought by thick, choking plumes of smoke from wildfires in Canada. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Thunderstorms, flooding and a possible risk of tornadoes are forecasted in the mid-Atlantic, most of Pennsylvania and other areas of the northeast this weekend. — Kristin Wright, NPR, 18 July 2026

Rhymes for mid-Atlantic

• transatlantic
• unromantic
• antic
• frantic
• atlantic
• gigantic
• pedantic
• romantic
• semantic
• vedantic