"Bible Belt" meaning in English

See Bible Belt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Bible Belt [canonical]
Etymology: First used by American journalist H. L. Mencken, who wrote in the Chicago Daily Tribune in 1924 that "the old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out in the Bible Belt." Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Bible Belt}} the Bible Belt
  1. (Christianity) An area where socially conservative Protestant Christianity is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant): 聖經帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣经带 (shèngjīngdài) (Chinese Mandarin), bibelbælte [neuter] (Danish), Biblebelt [masculine] (Dutch), Bijbelgordel (Dutch), refoband [masculine] (Dutch), raamattuvyöhyke (Finnish), Библе́йский по́яс (Bibléjskij pójas) [masculine] (Russian), Cinturón de la Biblia [masculine] (Spanish), bibelbälte [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Bible_Belt-en-name-NPPiGky5 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant': 75 25
  2. (in particular) An area in the southeastern United States where Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive and dominant part of the culture. Categories (topical): Conservatism Categories (place): Places in the United States, Regions of the United States Synonyms: Bible belt Derived forms: Bible Belter Coordinate_terms: Borscht Belt, Corn Belt, cow belt (english: Hindu) [India], Quran Belt [Muslim], Rust Belt Translations (area in the United States): 聖經帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣经带 (shèngjīngdài) (Chinese Mandarin), bibelbælte [neuter] (Danish), Bible Belt (Dutch), Bijbelgordel [masculine] (Dutch), raamattuvyöhyke (Finnish), Библийн бүс (Bibliin büs) (Mongolian), Библе́йский по́яс (Bibléjskij pójas) [masculine] (Russian), Cinturón de la Biblia [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Bible_Belt-en-name-yeQdp2pq Disambiguation of Conservatism: 36 64 Disambiguation of Regions of the United States: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'area in the United States': 1 99

Alternative forms

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