Acela

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Acela

  • /əˈsɛlə/

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A shortening of Acela Express, from a marketing coinage based on acceleration and excellence.

proper noun

  1. US The service mark of Amtrak's high-speed rail service in the Northeast Corridor of the United States.
  2. US, broadly The Northeastern United States, generally north and east of Washington, D.C. First, the party’s non-Trumpist faction — embodied by senators like Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski, various purple- and blue-state governors and most of the remaining Acela corridor conservatives, from lawyers and judges to lobbyists and staffers — […].

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"Acela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/acela. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Acela. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/acela

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"Acela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/acela.

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@misc{acela_2026,
  title = {Acela},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acela},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}