Sunbelt

American  

[suhn-belt] / ˈsʌnˌbɛlt /

Or Sun Belt

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.

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Sunbelt British  

/ ˈsʌnˌbɛlt /

noun

1. the southern states of the USA

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Sunbelt Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of Sunbelt

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

If you live anywhere outside the Sunbelt, you may never have heard of this movement, though it is one of the fastest-growing school reforms in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

Downtown Dallas’s deterioration shows how uneven the office recovery has become—even in a prime Sunbelt region widely seen as an economic winner.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prices in September continued to rise in Northeastern and Midwestern metros tracked by S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, and slid in Sunbelt metros like Phoenix, Dallas, and Miami.

From Barron's

Prices in September continued to rise in northeastern and Midwestern metros tracked by the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller home price indices, and petered out in Sunbelt metros like Phoenix, Dallas, and Miami.

From Barron's

Say you’re on track to move to a resort community in a Sunbelt state with low taxes.

From MarketWatch