zone
noun
[ zəʊn ]
• an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions.
• "a pedestrian zone"
Similar:
area,
sector,
section,
belt,
region,
territory,
tract,
stretch,
expanse,
district,
quarter,
precinct,
locality,
neighbourhood,
province,
land,
• an encircling band or stripe of distinctive colour, texture, or character.
• a belt or girdle worn round a person's body.
zone
verb
• divide into or assign to zones.
• "the park has been zoned into four distinct bioregions, each with its own ecological identity"
• encircle as or with a band or stripe.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French, or from Latin zona ‘girdle’, from Greek zōnē .
