# AvailabilityZone
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Describes an Availability Zone. This is returned only as part of a `GetRegions` request.

## Contents
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 ** state **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-AvailabilityZone-state"></a>
The state of the Availability Zone.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: No

 ** zoneName **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-AvailabilityZone-zoneName"></a>
The name of the Availability Zone. The format is `us-east-2a` (case-sensitive).  
Type: String  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/lightsail-2016-11-28/AvailabilityZone) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/lightsail-2016-11-28/AvailabilityZone) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/lightsail-2016-11-28/AvailabilityZone)