A zone is an area that is marked off or treated as different from others for a special purpose. It can refer to regions for time, safety, climate, or activity.
“Zone” comes from Latin “zona,” meaning “belt” or “girdle,” which came from Greek “zōnē” with the same meaning. It originally suggested something wrapped around or encircling.
A zone is like an invisible belt around a space—once you cross it, the rules can change. From school zones to time zones, we constantly live inside overlapping, human-made ‘belts’ on maps.
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