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Several locations are occasionally referred to as "the Buckle of the Bible Belt": Abilene, Texas, a city of 117,000, is home to three Protestant universities: the Baptist affiliated Hardin–Simmons University, the Church of Christ's Abilene Christian University, and Methodist founded McMurry University.
The Norwegian Bible Belt (Norwegian: bibelbeltet) is a loosely defined southwestern coastal area of Norway, which is more religiously observant than most of the rest of the country. [1] Typically, the definition covers Western Norway (Vestlandet) and Southern Norway (Sørlandet), which includes the counties of Rogaland (typically called the "buckle" of the Bible Belt), Hordaland, Sogn og ...
This belt buckle depicts the biblical figure Daniel having his feet licked by lions. [2]: 348 The belt buckle is made of bronze and the incisings are shallow. [4]: 53–54 According to Bailey K. Young, among Germanic peoples belt buckles often served as "sites of prominent personal display", [2]: 344 and in this case "a fashion for consciously ...
This partial list of city nicknames in Texas compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in Texas are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to locals, outsiders or their tourism boards. The Texas state legislature has officially granted many Texas cities honorary designations as the state's "capital" of something. [1] City nicknames can help ...
Springfield's nicknames include "Queen City of the Ozarks " and "The Birthplace of Route 66 ". [8][9] The city has been called the "Buckle of the Bible Belt " due to its association with evangelical Christianity. [10][11] The city is the headquarters for Bass Pro Shops [12] and the adjoining Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium. [13]
Gott mit uns ('God [is] with us') is a phrase commonly used in heraldry in Prussia (from 1701) and later by the German military during the periods spanning the German Empire (1871–1918), Weimar Republic (1918–1933), and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). It was also commonly used by Sweden in most of its wars and especially as a battle cry during ...
It is also found on the official belt buckle of the Jamaica Constabulary Force; [citation needed] the front page of a British passport; the rank slide of a warrant officer in the British and other Commonwealth armed forces; the arms of the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Supreme Court of Victoria and Supreme Court of New South Wales; and ...
The name Bible Belt has been applied historically to the Southern and Western parts of Norway. The region thus defined included most of Western Norway, especially Rogaland, Møre og Romsdal and some parts of Hordaland.