Bible Belt

proper noun

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.”

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Meanings

Bible Belt1

proper nounthe Bible Belt

alternative Bible belt

  1. ChristianityAn 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. An area in the southeastern United States where Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive and dominant part of the culture.

Bible belt2

proper nounthe Bible belt
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Bible Belt.

Origin

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."

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Translations

Catalan Cinturó de la Bíblia
  • Cinturó de la Bíbliaarea in the United States
Chinese Mandarin 聖經帶 /圣经带, 聖經帶 /圣经带
  • 聖經帶 /圣经带 (shèngjīngdài)area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • 聖經帶 /圣经带 (shèngjīngdài)area in the United States
Danish bibelbælte, bibelbælte
  • bibelbæltearea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • bibelbæltearea in the United States
Dutch Biblebelt, Bijbelgordel
  • Biblebeltarea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • Bijbelgordelarea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • refobandarea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • Bible Beltarea in the United States
  • Bijbelgordelarea in the United States
Finnish raamattuvyöhyke, raamattuvyöhyke
  • raamattuvyöhykearea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • raamattuvyöhykearea in the United States
Polish pas biblijny, pas biblijny
  • pas biblijnyarea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • pas biblijnyarea in the United States
Russian Библе́йский по́яс, Библе́йский по́яс
  • Библе́йский по́яс (Bibléjskij pójas)area where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • Библе́йский по́яс (Bibléjskij pójas)area in the United States
Spanish Cinturón de la Biblia, Cinturón de la Biblia
  • Cinturón de la Bibliaarea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • Cinturón de la Bibliaarea in the United States
Swedish bibelbälte, bibelbälte
  • bibelbältearea where conservative Protestant Christianity is dominant
  • bibelbältearea in the United States
Cite this entry
APA

Bible Belt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bible%20Belt

MLA

“Bible Belt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bible%20Belt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bible Belt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bible%20Belt.

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