sun belt

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Adair Turner, chair of the UK's Energy Transitions Commission, says countries in the global "sun belt" and "wind belt" face very different energy challenges.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Bible Belt Values It is not the sun belt that is prospering; it is the Bible Belt.

From Time Magazine Archive

And thrifty though he may be, he is creating a bustling new industry from Bermuda and the Caribbean west to Mexico�a sun belt better known for its winter lures than its summer tours.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the sergeant major translated Rip's general instructions into specific orders for each man, the young lieutenant walked to the edge of the sun belt.

From Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)