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

Drier weather is expected over the next few days across areas of the mid-Atlantic down through the Southeast, including the southern Appalachians. — Jaimie Ding, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

As Florida and Alabama cleaned up after Isaias swept through the day before, the storm’s remnants brought the risk of flooding to the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic region on Sunday. — Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

By then, the Portuguese had laid claim to uninhabited mid-Atlantic islands, including the Azores and Madeira. — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

As a consequence, power costs have risen sharply throughout the PJM, which covers more than 65 million people, primarily in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for mid-Atlantic

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