Green Zone

noun

1. (since the invasion of Iraq by US-led forces, and the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003) the area of central Baghdad used by the coalition and civilian authorities, subject to high security

Example Sentences

He had been identified by a militia while emerging from the Green Zone one afternoon in October 2006.

From The Daily Beast

The arena was in a security area that resembled a Green Zone.

From The Daily Beast

As for her, she no longer saw anything except that deep green zone which quivered behind the heat.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes the green zone of the uplands was lost in a blur not of heat, but of fever.

From Project Gutenberg