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==Toponymy and composition== The [[Toponymy|toponym]] derives from the concept that the contiguous 48 states are defined by two major coastlines, one at the [[West Coast of the United States|western edge]] and one on the eastern edge. Other terms for referring to this area include the Eastern [[wikt:seaboard|Seaboard]], which is another term for coastline, Atlantic Coast, and Atlantic Seaboard because the coastline lies along the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Seaboard |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/seaboard |access-date=22 September 2022 |website=[[Collins Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins]]}}</ref> The 14 states that have a shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean are (from north to south): [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Rhode Island]], [[Connecticut]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Delaware]], [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Florida]]. [[Pennsylvania]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] border the [[Delaware River]] and the [[Potomac River]], respectively, both of which are [[estuary|tidal arms]] of the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="East Coast States">[http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/reference/genref.pdf General Reference Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017072239/http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/reference/genref.pdf|date=October 17, 2012}}, [[National Atlas of the United States]], 2003.</ref>
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