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Definition: zone, area; ghetto, slum

Dans quelle zone habitez-vous ? - Which zone do you live in?

Notre zone d'influence s'arrête ici - Our sphere of influence ends here.

Ne traverse pas la zone le soir - Don't walk through the ghetto at night.

(informal) C'est la zone - It's a bad situation.

Related: zoner (familiar) - to bum around

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