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blue zone

blue zone noun: any of various geographical regions where people are speculated to live longer than average.

Noun (1)

blue zone (plural blue zones)

  1. Any of various geographical regions where people are speculated to live longer than average.

Noun (2)

the blue zone

  1. (Australia, chiefly autism) The zone of emotional regulation that includes sadness, tiredness, boredom, and similar negative emotions.

Forms of blue zone

pluralblue zones

Origin of blue zone

* (geography): Scientists used a blue pen on a map to mark the villages with long-lived populations in the original survey. * (psychology): Sadness is traditionally represented as blue.

Questions about blue zone

What does blue zone mean?
Blue zone means any of various geographical regions where people are speculated to live longer than average.
What part of speech is blue zone?
Blue zone is a noun.
What is the plural of blue zone?
The plural of blue zone is blue zones.

Words near blue zone in the dictionary

  1. blue won
  2. blue wood sedge
  3. blue wood sedges
  4. blue wren
  5. blue wrens
  6. blue zone
  7. blue zones
  8. blue-and-gold macaw
  9. blue-and-gold macaws
  10. blue-and-white
  11. blue-and-whites

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