Zoniann.adj.

/ˈzəʊnɪən/

Etymology: < Panama Canal Zone (see below) + -ian suffix.

An American inhabitant of the Panama Canal Zone, a ten mile wide strip of land crossing the Isthmus of Panama on both sides of the Panama Canal, which was granted to the United States as a territory in 1904 and became independent in 1978. Also attributive or as adj.

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Zonian1950

1910 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 322/1 Whatever your job, digging a canal, or driving a taxi-cab, or writing stock quotations, don't wear a uniform... The Zonian has a uniform, though, in spite of himself. It is the umbrella.

1950 Social Forces Dec. 161/1 The man marrying a girl of mixed blood may be unaware of the general Zonian prejudice that classes all Panamanians as ‘colored’.

1951 Panama Canal Rev. 3 Aug. 9/3 Zonians..need no longer do without—just because the commissaries are closed.

1964 Observer 12 Jan. 1/5 ‘Zonians’, American inhabitants of the [Panama Canal] Zone.

1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express xii. 170 Within a very few months the treaty would be ratified. I told this to a Zonian lady... The Zonians, 3,000 workers for the Panama Canal Company..saw the treaty as a sell-out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	zonian
释义	Zoniann.adj. /ˈzəʊnɪən/ Etymology: < Panama Canal Zone (see below) + -ian suffix. An American inhabitant of the Panama Canal Zone, a ten mile wide strip of land crossing the Isthmus of Panama on both sides of the Panama Canal, which was granted to the United States as a territory in 1904 and became independent in 1978. Also attributive or as adj. ΘΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [noun] > Panama > specific Zonian1910 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of Central America > [adjective] > Panama Zonian1950 1910 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 322/1 Whatever your job, digging a canal, or driving a taxi-cab, or writing stock quotations, don't wear a uniform... The Zonian has a uniform, though, in spite of himself. It is the umbrella. 1950 Social Forces Dec. 161/1 The man marrying a girl of mixed blood may be unaware of the general Zonian prejudice that classes all Panamanians as ‘colored’. 1951 Panama Canal Rev. 3 Aug. 9/3 Zonians..need no longer do without—just because the commissaries are closed. 1964 Observer 12 Jan. 1/5 ‘Zonians’, American inhabitants of the [Panama Canal] Zone. 1979 P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express xii. 170 Within a very few months the treaty would be ratified. I told this to a Zonian lady... The Zonians, 3,000 workers for the Panama Canal Company..saw the treaty as a sell-out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.adj.1910
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