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Sun·belt

also Sun Belt (sŭn′bĕlt′)

The southern and southwest United States.

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Sunbelt

(ˈsʌnˌbɛlt)

(Placename) the southern states of the USA

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Sun′belt`

or Sun′ Belt`,

n. (sometimes l.c.)

the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.

[1950–55]

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Sunbelt - states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

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