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

Analysts also warn of the possibility of blackouts in the mid-Atlantic grid in the coming years. —ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026

By Wednesday and Thursday, the summerlike heat is expected to intensify and spread, reaching into the 90s across the mid-Atlantic region, according to the National Weather Service. —Denise Chow, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026

Read on for seven New England and mid-Atlantic trails worth planning a trip around. —Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Apr. 2026

Maryland is 39% wooded, while forests cover half of the mid-Atlantic region — from Maryland to lower New York State — and 58% to 89% of states in the Northeast. —Karl Hille, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for mid-Atlantic

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