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Definition of Sunbelt
1. Noun. States in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative.
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Definition of Sunbelt
1. Noun. A geographical region loosely described as the southern and western states of the USA where the weather is typically sunny. ¹
2. Noun. A political geographical region approximately the same as above, where the voting tendency of the population is right wing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sunbelt
1. the southern and southwestern states of the U.S. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunbelt
Literary usage of Sunbelt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Sunbelt locale was defined as schools in States that were contiguous and bordered
any ocean body or Mexico, from Virginia south and west to Texas, Arizona, ..."
2. Urban Change and Poverty by Michael G. H. McGeary, Laurence E. Lynn (1988)
"An aggregate comparison of the Frostbelt (Northeast and Midwest) with the
Sunbelt (South and West) reveals that, between 1975-1985, the Sunbelt added 11.64 ..."
3. Economic and Cultural Transition Towards a Learning City: The Case of Jena by Ceri, Rainer Treptow (1999)
"... mainly in the so-called "Blue Banana", the European Sunbelt and a secondary
growth belt stretching from Paris through the Benelux countries to northern ..."
4. Final Report of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index Cpi by William V. Roth, Jr. (1998)
"The continuous movement of households to newer apartment complexes in suburbs
and in the Sunbelt may be part of a process by which housing quality steadily ..."
5. 65 Plus in the United Statesby Frank B. Hobbs by Frank B. Hobbs (1996)
"... moving from sunbelt to frost- belt states are disproportionately disabled and
widowed in comparison with older persons moving in the opposite direction. ..."
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