English

Zonian

From zone + -ian.

Formed from zone + -ian

Proto-Indo-European *yoh₃snéh₂

Ancient Greek ζώνη ‘belt, sash, girdle’

Latin zōna ‘belt’

English zone

Today it means

noun A person from, or working in, the former American territory in Panama called the Panama Canal Zone.

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