Zone

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsoːnə/

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Borrowed, partially via French zone, from Latin zona, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt”).

Zone f (genitive Zone, plural Zonen)

1. zone

• → Kashubian: cona

Short for Sowjetische Besatzungszone (“Soviet occupation zone”), the common West German name for the GDR before 1970 (and a colloquial name after it).

Zone f (proper noun, genitive Zone)

1. (historical, chiefly informal, often derogatory) the German Democratic Republic (GDR)

   Synonyms: DDR, Ostzone

• Zonenrandgebiet
• Zoni

• “Zone” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zone” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zone” in Duden online
• Zone on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζώνη (Zṓnē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈzoː.neː/, [ˈd̪͡z̪oːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zo.ne/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɔːne]

Zōnē f sg (genitive Zōnēs); first declension

1. a promontory on the southern coast of Thrace
2. a town on this promontory

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• Zone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Zone”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly