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English
Proper noun
Belt (countable and uncountable, plural Belts)
- A surname.
- A town in Montana
- Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt. A region of Solar System
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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as De Belt in 1839-1859. Derived from dialectal belt (“small hill, slightly elevated place”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Belt n
- A hamlet in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “belt”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Etymology
From 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
Noun
Belt m (strong, genitive Beltes or Belts, plural Belte)
- (Denmark) strait
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Further reading
- “Belt” in Duden online
- Mishkova, Diana, Trencsényi, Balázs (2017) European Regions and Boundaries: A Conceptual History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-12-01, page 57
- Hałub, Marek, Schuster, Kurt G. P. (2005) Hoffmann von Fallersleben: Internationales Symposion Wrocław/Breslau 2003 (in German), Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-12-01, page 253