Bible Belt

See also: Bible belt

English

Alternative forms

• Bible belt

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."

Proper noun

the Bible Belt

1. (Christianity) An area where socially conservative Protestant Christianity is a pervasive or dominant part of the culture.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bible Belt.
2. (in particular) An area in the southeastern United States where Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive and dominant part of the culture.

Coordinate terms

• Borscht Belt
• Corn Belt
• cow belt (India, Hindu)
• Quran Belt (Muslim)
• Rust Belt

Derived terms

• Bible Belter

Translations

area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖經帶／圣经带 (shèngjīngdài)

• Danish: bibelbælte n
• Dutch: Biblebelt (nl) m, Bijbelgordel (nl), refoband m
• Finnish: raamattuvyöhyke
• Russian: Библе́йский по́яс m (Bibléjskij pójas)
• Spanish: Cinturón de la Biblia m
• Swedish: bibelbälte (sv) n

area in the United States

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖經帶／圣经带 (shèngjīngdài)

• Danish: bibelbælte n
• Dutch: Bible Belt, Bijbelgordel (nl) m
• Finnish: raamattuvyöhyke
• Mongolian: Библийн бүс (Bibliin büs)
• Russian: Библе́йский по́яс m (Bibléjskij pójas)
• Spanish: Cinturón de la Biblia m

Further reading

• Bible Belt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bible Belt (Netherlands) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia