zón
n.— «Zón is nuyorican spanglish for zona in spanish and zone in english.» —“Re: Central Park Plenas” by Aurora Flores Usenet: rec.music.afro-latin June 5, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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