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    <periodOfReport>2013-09-16</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>ZIONS BANCORPORATION /UT/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ZION</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001184827</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ARNOLD DOYLE L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE SOUTH MAIN STREET, 15TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SALT LAKE CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84133-1109</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice Chairman and</officerTitle>
            <otherText>Chief Financial Officer</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2013-09-16</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
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                    <value>6500.</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>25.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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                <value>9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock</value>
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                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1057.089</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>25.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reported securities were called for redemption by the issuer at a price equal to their face value.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of ZION pref C.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By Thomas E. Laursen as attorney in fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-09-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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4
2013-09-16
0
0000109380
ZIONS BANCORPORATION /UT/
ZION
0001184827
ARNOLD DOYLE L
ONE SOUTH MAIN STREET, 15TH FLOOR
SALT LAKE CITY
UT
84133-1109
0
1
0
0
Vice Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
2013-09-16
4
J
0
6500.
25.00
D
0
D
9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
2013-09-16
4
J
0
1057.089
25.00
D
9.50% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock
1057.089
0
D
The reported securities were called for redemption by the issuer at a price equal to their face value.
Each share of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of ZION pref C.
By Thomas E. Laursen as attorney in fact
2013-09-18