Belt

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.
2
A town in Cascade County, Montana, United States.
3
Variant of Main Asteroid BeltEllipsis of Main Asteroid Belt: a region of Solar System.
Believe it or not, Belter slang — or, more officially, Belter Creole — isn't a completely made-up way of communicating. It's actually a mix of several Earth languages spoken by the original settlers in the Asteroid Belt colonies — very appropriate, as the Belt is a melting pot of several different races, customs and backgrounds.

Etymology

* 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”).

Forms

plural: Belts

below · Lower in spatial position than.Below · A surname.belt · A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body…

Belt · A surname.

ben · In, into.Ben · A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often,…bench · A long seat with or without a back, found for example in…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.