university belt

noun

A loose area wherein multiple educational institutions are located in close proximity with each other.

Meanings

university belt1

noununiversity belt (plural university belts)

plural university belts

  1. PhilippineseducationA loose area wherein multiple educational institutions are located in close proximity with each other.

    A college student was peppered with bullets in a shootout with policemen Thursday night along the University belt here.

    2002 September 1, Artemio Dumlao, “Baguio cops pepper stude with bullets”, in Philstar.com
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    With this, the researcher wants to probe how feasible it is to put up a food kiosk business along the university belt, specifically Iloilo Science and Technology University, what are the consumers’ reactions in having a product in the food kiosk which is two-in- one (beverage at the bottom and chips on top) cup and whether this business in the aforementioned location will be a captured target market for consumers.

    2018, Kheena Manresa Guirgen, Jessica Aliana Habunal, “Feasibility study of a food kiosk at university belt of Iloilo Science and Technology University”, in Master in Business Administration special paper, Central Philippine University

    Because population is one of the basis for computing tax allocations, two barangays in the city’s university belt found their National Tax Allotment (NTA) cut substantially this year and will likely suffer diminished tax shares until either a middecade 2025 census is done or the next mandatory census of population and housing is completed in 2030.

    2022 April 6, Vincent Cabreza, “Population drop cuts tax share of Baguio villages”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer

    We’re building a space designed for focus, comfort, and connection — right in the heart of Cebu’s University Belt!

    2025 May 6, Meet & Grit, Facebook

University Belt2

proper noun

alternative UBelt

  1. PhilippineseducationA university belt in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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APA

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Chicago

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