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

Tropical Storm Fay formed in the mid-Atlantic Sunday morning and is moving slowly southward. — Dylan Moriarty, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026

Another said that manufacturing growth in the mid-Atlantic region was stronger than economists expected. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

While the hottest days of summer appear to be largely behind, a heat dome that roiled the West appears to be aiming for the Mississippi Valley, the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast, heading into Labor Day weekend, according to forecasters. — James Powel, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

According to AccuWeather, the La Nina weather pattern was a driving force behind a particularly cold winter in various parts of the United States, including the northeast, midwest and mid-Atlantic regions. — Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for mid-Atlantic

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