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

El Nino typically increases the odds of above-average snowfall in the southern Rockies, south-central Plains, mid-Atlantic and coastal areas of the Northeast, with below-average snowfall favored in the northern Rockies, northern Plains and Great Lakes regions. —Dan Peck, ABC News, 14 May 2026

This type of infrastructure is scarcer in the mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania. —Hannah Wiseman, The Conversation, 13 May 2026

Top Wellness Retreats in the USA for 2026 The retreats below span the desert Southwest, Hawaii, South Florida and the mid-Atlantic, and each one approaches well-being a little differently. —Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026

What appears to be an outbreak of hantavirus on a ship anchored near the tiny mid-Atlantic nation of Cabo Verde has infectious diseases experts puzzled. —Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 5 May 2026

Rhymes for mid-Atlantic

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