Belly
Encyclopedia
  • The abdomen
    Abdomen
    In vertebrates such as mammals the abdomen constitutes the part of the body between the thorax and pelvis. The region enclosed by the abdomen is termed the abdominal cavity...

    , the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax; or the stomach
    Stomach
    The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the alimentary canal which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects , and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication .The stomach is...

    • A beer belly, an overhang of fat above the waist, presumably caused by regular beer ingestion
    • Belly dance
      Belly dance
      Belly dance or Bellydance is a "Western"-coined name for a traditional "Middle Eastern" dance, especially raqs sharqi . It is sometimes also called Middle Eastern dance or Arabic dance in the West, or by the Greco-Turkish term çiftetelli...



Belly may also refer to:

Individuals

  • Belly (rapper)
    Belly (rapper)
    Ahmed Balshe , better known by his stage name Belly, is a Palestinian-Canadian Juno Award-winning rapper....

    , a rap artist
  • The nickname of the England cricketer Ian Bell
  • Leon-August-Adolphe Belly, a 19th-century French painter
  • Pierre Belly
    Pierre Belly
    Pierre Belly was a Louisiana planter, lawyer and judge. Originally a native of France, Belly arrived in Louisiana in 1774. Pierre had an extensive and successful military career serving as an officer with the Spanish colonial militia and participated in the Galvez expedition against the British in...

     (1738–1814), a Louisiana planter, lawyer and judge

Music

  • The upper or outer surface of a stringed musical instrument
    Musical instrument
    A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...

    , nearer the strings; the other surface is the back
  • A kind of steelpan
    Steelpan
    Steelpans is a musical instrument originating from The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago...

  • Belly (band)
    Belly (band)
    Belly was an alternative rock band formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly and Fred Abong. The band was based in Boston, Massachusetts, though all of the original members grew up in Newport, Rhode Island. The band consisted of Donelly on lead vocals and guitar, Abong on bass,...

    , a rock band

Other

  • Belly (film)
    Belly (film)
    Belly is a 1998 film, the film directorial debut of music video director Hype Williams. Filmed in New York City as an urban drama, the film stars rappers DMX and Nas, alongside with Taral Hicks, Method Man dancehall artist Louie Rankin, R&B singer T-Boz...

    , a 1998 movie
    • Belly (soundtrack)
      Belly (soundtrack)
      Belly is the soundtrack to the 1998 film of the same name. It was released on November 3, 1998 through Def Jam Recordings and featured production from the likes of Poke & Tone, Sean Combs and Swizz Beatz...

      , soundtrack album of the movie
  • Belly River
    Belly River
    Belly River is a river in northwest Montana, United States and southern Alberta, Canada. It is a tributary of the Oldman River, itself a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River....

    , river in Alberta, Canada
  • The fleshy, central part of a skeletal muscle
    Skeletal muscle
    Skeletal muscle is a form of striated muscle tissue existing under control of the somatic nervous system- i.e. it is voluntarily controlled. It is one of three major muscle types, the others being cardiac and smooth muscle...

     (also known as a "muscle belly")
  • The draft in a sail
  • Tuna
    Tuna
    Tuna is a salt water fish from the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tuna are fast swimmers, and some species are capable of speeds of . Unlike most fish, which have white flesh, the muscle tissue of tuna ranges from pink to dark red. The red coloration derives from myoglobin, an...

     belly (fatty tuna), also known as Toro, used in Japanese food
  • Belly landing
    Belly landing
    A belly landing or gear-up landing occurs when an aircraft lands without its landing gear fully extended and uses its underside, or belly, as its primary landing device...

     of an aircraft when it crashes onto a runway with its undercarriage
    Undercarriage
    The undercarriage or landing gear in aviation, is the structure that supports an aircraft on the ground and allows it to taxi, takeoff and land...

    retracted
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