sun belt

The southern and southwestern United States, as in Retirees have been moving to the sun belt for years. It is so called for its warm climate. [Mid-1900s]

sun belt

n. the southern U.S. states, where it is generally warm and sunny. (see also rust belt.) I want to retire to the sun belt.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Femie	FEM-ee	English (Rare)
Min-Jun	meen-joon	Korean
Valentina	vah-len-TEE-nah (Italian), vah-lyen-TEE-nah (Russian), vah-leen-TEE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Ionathan	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Farag	-	Arabic
Nicolaus	NEE-ko-lows (German)	German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)