Belt
English
editProper noun
editBelt (countable and uncountable, plural Belts)
- A surname.
- A town in Montana
- Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt. A region of Solar System
Derived terms
editAnagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editAttested as De Belt in 1839-1859. Derived from dialectal belt (“small hill, slightly elevated place”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Belt
Proper noun
editBelt n
- A hamlet in Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Danish bælt, from Latin Baltia, a mythological island described by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, of unclear origin. It bears no relation to Danish bælte (“belt”), which is derived from Latin balteus (“belt, girdle”) and for which the German word is Gürtel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBelt m (strong, genitive Beltes or Belts, plural Belte)
- (Denmark) strait
Declension
editDeclension of Belt [masculine, strong]
Hypernyms
editHyponyms
editDescendants
edit- → Polish: bełt
Further reading
edit- “Belt” in Duden online
- Mishkova, Diana, Trencsényi, Balázs (2017) European Regions and Boundaries: A Conceptual History[2], Berghahn Books, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-12-01, page 57
- Hałub, Marek, Schuster, Kurt G. P. (2005) Hoffmann von Fallersleben: Internationales Symposion Wrocław/Breslau 2003[3] (in German), Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-12-01, page 253
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- nl:Villages in North Holland, Netherlands
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