Mid-Atlantic
Northeast coastal region
Mid-Atlantic describes the region of the eastern United States between New England and the South, typically including New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.
The term also refers to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean: The plane went down somewhere in the mid-Atlantic.
A mid-Atlantic accent blends American and British speech patterns, once cultivated by actors and the elite.
First to join the Union
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- New JerseyMid-Atlantic coastal state
Washington D.C. · Chesapeake Bay · Philadelphia · Baltimore · Appalachian · Piedmont · coastal plain · tidewater
Formal speaking skill
- dictionChoice of words
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
Golden Age · Hollywood · vintage · posh · upper-class · stage · prestige · enunciation
Thing of mixed parentage
- blendedMixed into uniformity
- fusionJoining into unity
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
Anglo-American · bicultural · cosmopolitan · international · exchange · crossover · melting-pot · amalgamation
Delaware
First to join the Union
- MarylandMid-Atlantic U.S. state
- VirginiaMid-Atlantic American state
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
New Jersey · Washington D.C. · Chesapeake Bay · Philadelphia · Baltimore · Appalachian · Piedmont · coastal plain · tidewater · Eastern Seaboard
elocution
Formal speaking skill
- dictionChoice of words
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
theatrical · Golden Age · Hollywood · vintage · posh · upper-class · stage · prestige · enunciation · articulation
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
confluence · Anglo-American · bicultural · cosmopolitan · international · exchange · crossover · melting-pot · amalgamation · composite
ridge
Narrow raised strip
divergent · Azores · Iceland · underwater · geology · mantle · magma · hydrothermal · abyssal · fault
- American RegionsMidwest, Southwest, Northwest, Deep South, Pacific Northwest
- Census RegionsSouth, Midwest, West, New England, Pacific
- atlantic regionsBermuda, Caribbean, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde
- mapsroad map, world map, atlases, street map, regional map
Mid-AtlanticPacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
Deep South · New England · West Coast · Southern · Gulf Coast
Mid-AtlanticPacific
Earth's vastest ocean
Indo-Pacific · transpacific · Indian Ocean · South Pacific · North Pacific
Mid-Atlanticregional accent
Area-specific pronunciation style
vernacular · Brooklyn accent · Boston accent · Texas twang · broad accent