Belt

• As an English and north/Low German surname, from the noun belt.
• As a German surname, short form of the old Germanic name Baldher, composed of *balþ (“bold”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Belter.
• Also as a north/Low German surname, from the place name Beelte, a small town in Giesen.
• As a Dutch surname Van den Belt, from the noun belt (“low hill”).

Belt (countable and uncountable, plural Belts)

1. A surname.
2. A town in Montana.
3. Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt: a region of Solar System.

• Belter

• blet

Attested as De Belt in 1839-1859. Derived from dialectal belt (“small hill, slightly elevated place”).

• Hyphenation: Belt

Belt n

1. a hamlet in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “belt”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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. Possibly instead related to Lithuanian baltas (“white”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bɛlt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Belt m (strong, genitive Beltes or Belts, plural Belte)

1. (Denmark) strait

• Meerenge

• Großer Belt, großer Belt
• Kleiner Belt, kleiner Belt

• → Polish: bełt

• “Belt” in Duden online
• Mishkova, Diana, Trencsényi, Balázs (2017) European Regions and Boundaries: A Conceptual History‎^[2], Berghahn Books, →ISBN, retrieved 1 December 2023, 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 1 December 2023, page 253