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Sun⋅belt

  [suhn-belt]
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–noun (sometimes lowercase)
the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
Also, Sun Belt.

Origin:
1950–55
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Sun·belt also Sun Belt   (sŭn'bělt')   
The southern and southwest United States.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

Sunbelt

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

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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