Zonian
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Zonian
First recorded in 1910–15; (Canal) Zon(e) ( def. ) + -ian
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About 500 Zonian workers and their families have flown back to the U.S.
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I was born and raised in the Canal Zone and resent Diederich's interpretation of the Zonian life.
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Said one longtime Zonian, on his way for a last rum punch at the historic Spanish colonial-style Washington Hyatt Hotel in Colon: "We saved the best things of the American way of life."
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She became head of the Pacific Civil Council and has even traveled to Washington to plead the Zonian case before a House subcommittee.
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