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MID-ATLANTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mid-Atlantic mean?
• MID-ATLANTIC (adjective)
The adjective MID-ATLANTIC has 1 sense:
1. of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey
Familiarity information: MID-ATLANTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey
Synonyms:
mid-Atlantic; middle Atlantic
Context example:
mid-Atlantic states
Similar:
eastern (of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States)
Context examples
A state in the mid-atlantic United States.
(Delaware, NCI Thesaurus)
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