DEFINITIONS

Sunbelt

or Sun Belt

[ suhn-belt ]
/ ˈsʌnˌbɛlt /

noun (sometimes lowercase)

the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.

Content related to Sunbelt

What’s Your Sign? The 12 Emoji Of The ZodiacThe 12 zodiac signs—and 13, if you include Ophiuchus—got a modern upgrade when they were included as computer characters under Unicode in 1993 and organized under its Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Let's see where these symbols come from, what they mean, and how your fate is—allegedly—written in the stars.
READ MORE
7 Obsolete Tech Devices You’ll Only Find In The DictionaryOnce upon a time, humanity was in awe of innovative devices like floppy disks, VHS tapes, and pagers. What other tech is over the hill?
READ MORE

Origin of Sunbelt

First recorded in 1950–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for sun belt

Sunbelt
/ (ˈsʌnˌbɛlt) /

noun

the southern states of the USA
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for sun belt

Sunbelt

States in the South and Southwest marked by warm climate, rapid economic and population growth in the last two decades, and (often) political conservatism.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Idioms and Phrases with sun belt

sun belt

The southern and southwestern United States, as in Retirees have been moving to the sun belt for years. It is so called for its warm climate. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.