Bible Belt

== English == === Alternative forms === Bible belt === Etymology === 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." === Proper noun === the Bible Belt (Christianity) 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. (in particular) An area in the southeastern United States where Evangelical Protestantism is a pervasive and dominant part of the culture. ==== Coordinate terms ==== Borscht Belt Corn Belt cow belt (India, Hindu) Quran Belt (Muslim) Rust Belt ==== Derived terms ==== Bible Belter ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Bible Belt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Bible Belt (Netherlands) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia