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Quran Belt

Quran Belt proper noun: a region where conservative Muslim beliefs are a predominant part of the local culture.

Proper noun (1)

Quran Belt

  1. A region where conservative Muslim beliefs are a predominant part of the local culture.
  2. (Malaysia, specifically) Kelantan and Terengganu, two states in Peninsular Malaysia that practice a stricter form of Islam.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Quran belt

Quran belt

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Quran Belt.

Forms of Quran Belt

alternative formQuran belt

Origin of Quran Belt

Derived from Quran and Bible Belt (“a region where conservative Christian beliefs are predominant”).

Questions about Quran Belt

What does Quran Belt mean?
Quran Belt means a region where conservative Muslim beliefs are a predominant part of the local culture.
What part of speech is Quran Belt?
Quran Belt is a proper noun.

Words near Quran Belt in the dictionary

  1. Quraishi
  2. Quraishis
  3. Quraishite
  4. Quraishites
  5. Quran
  6. Quran Belt
  7. Quran thumper
  8. Quran thumpers
  9. Quran thumping
  10. quranic
  11. Quranic Arabic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Quran Belt (page history and authors); Quran belt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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