A Zonian is a person associated with
the Panama Canal Zone, a political entity that existed between 1903 and the absorption of the Canal Zone into the Republic of Panama between 1980 and 2000.
Many of these people consider themselves to be Panamanian and U.S. citizens, although quite a few say that they are only American or only Panamanian. After the nationalization of
the Panama Canal, many Zonians moved to the
United States.