"Borscht Belt" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Borscht Belt}} Borscht Belt
  1. An area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts. Categories (place): United States Synonyms: Borscht Circuit, Jewish Alps, Borsht Belt Translations (area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts): Borschtsch-Gürtel [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-Borscht_Belt-en-name-E1v0NuRg Disambiguation of United States: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts': 98 2
  2. A style of comedy which originated in resort nightclubs of this region, noted for its use of self-deprecation, wordplay, and Yiddish vocabulary.
    Sense id: en-Borscht_Belt-en-name-oUl2XZE9

Alternative forms

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