Bungalow Belt

proper noun

A large, generally middle-class residential area in Chicago, Illinois, characterized by an abundance of bungalow houses.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Bungalow Belt
  1. A large, generally middle-class residential area in Chicago, Illinois, characterized by an abundance of bungalow houses.
adjectiveBungalow Belt (not comparable)
  1. not comparableChicagoOf or related to Chicago's Bungalow Belt.
  2. broadlynot comparablePertaining to Chicago's middle class.

    "Both candidates held onto their bases: Johnson’s Milwaukee Avenue progressives and Vallas’ bungalow belt conservatives."

    2023 April 9, A.D. Quig, Alice Yin, Shanzeh Ahmad, Gregory Royal Pratt, “Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson calls Chicago ‘a tale of two cities.’ Can he make it whole?”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2025

Origin

From bungalow + belt, in reference to the predominant architectural style in Chicago's outlying residential areas.

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Cite this entry
APA

Bungalow Belt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bungalow%20Belt

MLA

“Bungalow Belt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bungalow%20Belt. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bungalow Belt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bungalow%20Belt.

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