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

Bible Belt

1. 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.

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: Bijbelgordel m, Bible Belt, 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 m
• Finnish: raamattuvyöhyke

• Mongolian: Библийн бүс (Biblijn büs)
• Russian: Библе́йский по́яс m (Bibléjskij pójas)
• Spanish: Cinturón de la Biblia m

Coordinate terms

• Borscht Belt
• Corn Belt
• Rust Belt

Further reading

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