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  • proper noun The middle of the East Coast of the United States.
  • proper noun The middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Examples

  • Transatlantic accent � Abagond: The Transatlantic accent, also called a Mid-Atlantic accent, is a way of speaking English that is halfway between American and British.

    Archive 2010-01-03 Bill Crider 2010

  • “I have, sir, what you would call a Mid-Atlantic accent, which is sometimes mistaken for an English accent.”

    Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

  • Out here on the East Coast, the so-called Mid-Atlantic region of the Sports Car Club of America has a local competition for a group of about three dozen people who race Pintos.

    Archive 2002-05-01 2002

  • A casual look at the edges of North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the submerged range of mountains located in the center of the Atlantic Ocean called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge shows all of them to be roughly parallel.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • A casual look at the edges of North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the submerged range of mountains located in the center of the Atlantic Ocean called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge shows all of them to be roughly parallel.

    The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001

  • The Mid-Atlantic is a nice mixing zone between the North and the South, and this is often reflected in home décor choices.

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • In short, though New England Puritans, Highland South Scotch-Irish and Lowland South Cavaliers are reasonable cultural entities which are easy to put a finger on, the Mid-Atlantic is a hodge-podge which to a great extent is simply thrown in a bin together for simplicity.

    Gene Expression 2008

  • In short, though New England Puritans, Highland South Scotch-Irish and Lowland South Cavaliers are reasonable cultural entities which are easy to put a finger on, the Mid-Atlantic is a hodge-podge which to a great extent is simply thrown in a bin together for simplicity.

    Gene Expression 2008

  • In short, though New England Puritans, Highland South Scotch-Irish and Lowland South Cavaliers are reasonable cultural entities which are easy to put a finger on, the Mid-Atlantic is a hodge-podge which to a great extent is simply thrown in a bin together for simplicity.

    Gene Expression 2008

  • In December, the White House reversed course on its own five-year plan to open portions of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Mid-Atlantic and the South Atlantic to offshore exploration.

    Time for a Cease-Fire in the War on Oil Joseph Mason 2011

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