What is "zoni"

Zoni may refer to:

Places in Greece:

• Zoni, Arcadia, a village in Arcadia
• Zoni, Evros, a village in the Evros regional unit
• Zoni, Kozani, a village in the Kozani regional unit
• Agia Zoni, a place in the island of Samos

Other uses:

• zōni, a general name for Japanese soup with rice cakes (mochi)
• The Zoni, a race of energy beings who appear in the Ratchet & Clank video games

, often with the honorific "o-" as o-zōni, is a Japanese soup containing mochi rice cakes. The dish is strongly associated with the Japanese New Year and its tradition of osechi ceremonial foods. Zōni is considered the most auspicious of the dishes eaten on New Year's Day. The preparation of zōni varies both by household and region.