Sinonim rustbelt

English Thesaurus

1. urban areas in New England and Midwest characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles) (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	populated area, urban area,
definition	:	a geographical area constituting a city or town (noun.location)

part meronym	:	middle west, midwest, midwestern united states,
definition	:	the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America) (noun.location)

part meronym	:	new england,
definition	:	a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut (noun.location)