zona

zona

See also: zonă, zoną, zóna, žona, żona, żoną, -zona, and Zona

English

Etymology 1

Latin zōna.

Noun

zona (plural zonas or zonae or zonæ)

1. (sciences) A zone or band; a layer.

Related terms

• zona pellucida
• zona radiata
• zona reticularis

 

Noun

zona (plural zonas)

1. A species of silverside fish (Atheriniformes), Bedotia geayi, from Madagascar, also called red-tailed silverside.

Anagrams

• -zoan, Azon, onza

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.na/

• Audio

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Noun

zona f (plural zones)

1. zone

Derived terms

• zona blava
• zona d'habitabilitat estel·lar
• zona erògena
• zona euro
• zona horària
• zonal
• zona monetària
• zona morta
• zona tropical

 

Further reading

• “zona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Corsican

Noun

zona f

1. zone

Further reading

• “zona” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzoː.naː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: zo‧na
• Rhymes: -oːnaː

Noun

zona f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) shingles

   Synonym: gordelroos

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo.na/

• Audio

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Noun

zona m (plural zonas)

1. (pathology) shingles

Verb

zona

1. third-person singular past historic of zoner

Further reading

• “zona”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin zōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθonɐ]

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

1. zone, area
2. district, area, region

References

• “zona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “zona” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “zona” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “zona” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “zona” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, learned borrowing from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzona]
• Rhymes: -na, -a
• Hyphenation: zo‧na

Noun

zona (plural zona-zona, first-person possessive zonaku, second-person possessive zonamu, third-person possessive zonanya)

1. zone
   1. (geography) each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).
   2. any given region or area of the world; a given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.

      Synonyms: daerah, kawasan

Alternative forms

• zone
• zon (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Hyponyms

• zona aerasi
• zona afotik
• zona aseptik
• zona bersejarah
• zona budaya sejarah
• zona disfotik
• zona ekonomi eksklusif
• zona erotis
• zona eufotik
• zona fotik
• zona intertidal
• zona jenuh
• zona laik huni
• zona limnetik
• zona litoral
• zona merah
• zona netral
• zona nyaman
• zona oligosa pribik
• zona pasang surut
• zona pemanfaatan
• zona pembuangan
• zona pemulihan
• zona preservasi
• zona ruang
• zona subduksi
• zona tropolitik

 

Derived terms

• berzona
• perzonaan

 

Related terms

• zonasi

 

Further reading

• “zona” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Interlingua

Noun

zona (plural zonas)

1. zone, region

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin zōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɔ.na/

• Audio (IT)

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• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Hyphenation: zò‧na

Noun

zona f (plural zone)

1. a zone, area or district

Derived terms

• zona a traffico limitato (ZTL)
• zona di guerra (“war zone”)
• zona disco (“meter zone (for cars)”)
• zona giorno
• zonale
• zona notte (“sleeping area (in a house)”)
• zona pedonale, zona verde (“pedestrian area in a town”)
• zonare
• zona rifornimento
• zonizzare

 

Further reading

• zona in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Alternative forms

• sōna (Old Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzoː.na/, [ˈd̪͡z̪oːnä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zo.na/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːnä]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

zōna f (genitive zōnae); first declension

1. belt, girdle
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.787-788:

     ‘zōna latet tua nunc, et crās fortasse latēbit:
     dehinc erit, Ōrīōn, aspicienda mihi.’

     “Your belt is hiding now, and perhaps tomorrow it will lie hidden: Afterwards, Orion, it will be visible to me.”
     (It is the heliacal rising (appearance before sunrise) in June of the upper portion of Orion (constellation).)

   Synonym: cinctus

2. zone

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zōna	zōnae
Genitive	zōnae	zōnārum
Dative	zōnae	zōnīs
Accusative	zōnam	zōnās
Ablative	zōnā	zōnīs
Vocative	zōna	zōnae

Derived terms

• zōnālis
• zōnārius
• zōnātim
• zōnula

 

Descendants

• Catalan: zona
• English: zone
• French: zone
• Galician: zona
• German: Zone
• Hungarian: zóna
• Italian: zona
• Occitan: zòna
• Portuguese: zona
• Romanian: zonă
• Spanish: zona

References

• “zona”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “zona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• zona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “zona”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “zona”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Lithuanian

Noun

zonà f (plural zònos) stress pattern 2

1. zone

Declension

declension of zona

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	zonà	zònos
genitive (kilmininkas)	zònos	zònų
dative (naudininkas)	zònai	zònoms
accusative (galininkas)	zòną	zonàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	zonà	zònomis
locative (vietininkas)	zònoje	zònose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	zòna	zònos

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish zona and Portuguese zona.

Noun

zona

1. zone

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French zone, from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: zo‧na

Noun

zona f

1. (geography) zone (area separated from a larger area)

   Synonyms: obręb, obszar, strefa, terytorium

Declension

Declension of zona

	singular	plural
nominative	zona	zony
genitive	zony	zon
dative	zonie	zonom
accusative	zonę	zony
instrumental	zoną	zonami
locative	zonie	zonach
vocative	zono	zony

Further reading

• zona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• zona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin zōna (“girdle, zone”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt, sash, zone”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: zo‧na

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

1. zone (in a broad geographic or geometric sense)

   Synonyms: área, parte

2. area, region (part of a city or country)

   Ela mora nesta zona. ― She lives in this area.

   Synonym: região

3. (Brazil, colloquial) mess

   A cozinha está uma zona! ― The kitchen is an absolute mess!

   Synonym: desordem

4. (Brazil, colloquial) red light district; brothel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzɔ.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: zo‧na

Verb

zona

1. inflection of zonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzo.na]

Noun

zona f

1. definite nominative singular of zonă: the zone
2. definite accusative singular of zonă: the zone

Etymology 2

From French zona.

Noun

zona f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) shingles

Declension

declension of zona (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) zona	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian|{{{def}}}]]
genitive/dative	(unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian|{{{pl}}}]]	[[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian|{{{pl}}}i]]
vocative

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

zóna f (Cyrillic spelling зо́на)

1. zone, area

Declension

Declension of zona

	singular	plural
nominative	zona	zone
genitive	zone	zona
dative	zoni	zonama
accusative	zonu	zone
vocative	zono	zone
locative	zoni	zonama
instrumental	zonom	zonama

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zóːna/

Noun

zọ̑na f

1. shudder (shiver out of anxiety, excitement etc.)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zóna
gen. sing.	zóne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zóna	zóni	zóne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zóne	zón	zón
dative (dajȃlnik)	zóni	zónama	zónam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zóno	zóni	zóne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zóni	zónah	zónah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zóno	zónama	zónami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sóːna/

Noun

zọ̑na f

1. Alternative spelling of cọ̑na

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	zóna
gen. sing.	zóne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zóna	zóni	zóne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zóne	zón	zón
dative (dajȃlnik)	zóni	zónama	zónam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zóno	zóni	zóne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zóni	zónah	zónah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zóno	zónama	zónami

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin zōna (“girdle, zone”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt, sash, zone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθona/ [ˈθo.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsona/ [ˈso.na]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: zo‧na

Noun

zona f (plural zonas)

1. zone, district, area

   Synonyms: área, localidad

Hyponyms

• zona de exclusión aérea (“no-fly zone”)
• zona de influencia
• zona geográfica (“geographical area”)

Derived terms

• zona de confort
• zona de desove
• zona de guerra
• zona del euro
• zona erógena
• zona euro
• zona franca
• zona horaria
• zona industrial
• zonal
• zona roja
• zona urbana
• zona verde
• zonificar

 

Further reading

• “zona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzo.na/
• Hyphenation: zo‧na

Noun

zona (definite accusative zonayı, plural zonalar)

1. (medicine) shingles

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	zona
Definite accusative	zonayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	zona	zonalar
Definite accusative	zonayı	zonaları
Dative	zonaya	zonalara
Locative	zonada	zonalarda
Ablative	zonadan	zonalardan
Genitive	zonanın	zonaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular zonam zonalarım 2nd singular zonan zonaların 3rd singular zonası zonaları 1st plural zonamız zonalarımız 2nd plural zonanız zonalarınız 3rd plural zonaları zonaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular zonamı zonalarımı 2nd singular zonanı zonalarını 3rd singular zonasını zonalarını 1st plural zonamızı zonalarımızı 2nd plural zonanızı zonalarınızı 3rd plural zonalarını zonalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular zonama zonalarıma 2nd singular zonana zonalarına 3rd singular zonasına zonalarına 1st plural zonamıza zonalarımıza 2nd plural zonanıza zonalarınıza 3rd plural zonalarına zonalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular zonamda zonalarımda 2nd singular zonanda zonalarında 3rd singular zonasında zonalarında 1st plural zonamızda zonalarımızda 2nd plural zonanızda zonalarınızda 3rd plural zonalarında zonalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular zonamdan zonalarımdan 2nd singular zonandan zonalarından 3rd singular zonasından zonalarından 1st plural zonamızdan zonalarımızdan 2nd plural zonanızdan zonalarınızdan 3rd plural zonalarından zonalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular zonamın zonalarımın 2nd singular zonanın zonalarının 3rd singular zonasının zonalarının 1st plural zonamızın zonalarımızın 2nd plural zonanızın zonalarınızın 3rd plural zonalarının zonalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular zonayım zonalarım 2nd singular zonasın zonalarsın 3rd singular zona zonadır zonalar zonalardır 1st plural zonayız zonalarız 2nd plural zonasınız zonalarsınız 3rd plural zonalar zonalardır

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Xhosa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

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Zulu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoːná/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 8 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -zo, poss. stem -zó
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Copulative	yízo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 2	bâzo	ábâzo
Class 3	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 4	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 5	lâzo	élâzo
Class 6	âzo	áwâzo
Class 7	sâzo	ésâzo
Class 8	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 9	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 10	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 11	lwâzo	ólwâzo
Class 14	bâzo	óbâzo
Class 15	kwâzo	ókwâzo
Class 17	kwâzo	ókwâzo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni [Term?].

Pronoun

zoná

1. they, them; class 10 absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -zo, poss. stem -zó
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Full form	zoná
Locative	kúzo
Copulative	yízo
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 2	bâzo	ábâzo
Class 3	wâzo	ówâzo
Class 4	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 5	lâzo	élâzo
Class 6	âzo	áwâzo
Class 7	sâzo	ésâzo
Class 8	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 9	yâzo	éyâzo
Class 10	zâzo	ézâzo
Class 11	lwâzo	ólwâzo
Class 14	bâzo	óbâzo
Class 15	kwâzo	ókwâzo
Class 17	kwâzo	ókwâzo

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “zona”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “zona (6.3)”