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        <issuerName>ZIONS BANCORPORATION /UT/</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>PORTER ROGER B</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1134</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SALT LAKE CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84111</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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            </securityTitle>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>82.91</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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        <footnote id="F1">Each unit represents one share of the company's Common
Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The phantom stock units are settled in cash upon the
earlier of death or retirement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">No expiration date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Includes shares acquired pursuant to Diviend Reinvestment.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas E. Laursen as Attorney in Fact for R Porter</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-01-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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4
2007-01-03
0
0000109380
ZIONS BANCORPORATION /UT/
ZION
0001184841
PORTER ROGER B
ONE SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 1134
SALT LAKE CITY
UT
84111
1
0
0
0
Deferred Comp
0
2007-01-03
4
A
0
186.9497
82.91
A
Common Stock
186.9497
16233.2722
D
Each unit represents one share of the company's Common
Stock.
The phantom stock units are settled in cash upon the
earlier of death or retirement.
No expiration date.
Includes shares acquired pursuant to Diviend Reinvestment.
Thomas E. Laursen as Attorney in Fact for R Porter
2007-01-05