How Did The Belts Of The USA Get Their Names?

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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Thanks To Etymonline For The Various Etymologies They provided For This Video: https://www.etymonline.com/
List Of Belt Regions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Size Of The USA: https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-of...
Belts Of America: https://www.businessinsider.com/regio...
The Hindi Belt: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFi...
Bolivian Tin Belt: https://www.revolvy.com/page/Bolivian...
Europe’s Alcohol Belts: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/442...
Belt On Etymonline: https://www.etymonline.com/word/belt
What Is A Banana Belt?: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/w...
Iceland’s Bananas: https://icelandmag.is/article/does-ic...
Understanding The Bible Belt: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-bible-b...
The Black Belt: https://southernspaces.org/2004/black...
The Borscht Belt: https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.prem...
Where Is The Fruit Belt?: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/w...
Indiana Gas Boom: https://aoghs.org/petroleum-pioneers/...
What You Didn’t Know About Mormons & Jell-O: http://www.ldsliving.com/What-You-Did...
What Is The Rust Belt?: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...
The Stroke Belt: https://www.saebo.com/the-stroke-belt/

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