SUNBELT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sunbelt mean? 

• SUNBELT (noun)
  The noun SUNBELT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SUNBELT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUNBELT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

States in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Sunbelt" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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)