List of acronyms: Z

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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter Z.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

(Main list of acronyms)

  • z – (s) Zepto
  • Z – (s) Zetta

ZA[]

  • za – (s) Zhuang languages (ISO 639-1 code)
  • zA – (s) Zeptoampere
  • ZA – (s) South Africa (ISO 3166 digram)
  • ZA – Zambia (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Zettaampere
  • ZAF – (s) South Africa (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • ZAMS – (i) Zero age main sequence
  • ZANU-PF – (i) Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front
  • ZAR – (s) South African rand (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • ZAR – Zaire (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete 1997)
  • ZAS – (i/a) Zylinder Abschaltung System

ZB[]

  • ZBT – (i) Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting)

ZC[]

  • zC – (s) Zeptocoulomb
  • ZC – (s) Zettacoulomb
  • – (n)
  • ZCMK – (a) Zone Control Master Key
  • ZCU – (i) Zimbabwe Cricket Union

ZF[]

  • zF – (s) Zeptofarad
  • ZF – (s) Zettafarad

ZG[]

  • zg – (s) Zeptogram
  • Zg – (s) Zettagram

ZH[]

  • zh – (s) Chinese language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • zH – (s) Zeptohenry
  • ZH – (s) Zettahenry
  • zha – (s) Zhuang languages (ISO 639-2 code)
  • zho – (s) Chinese language (ISO 639-2 code)

ZI[]

  • Zi – (s) Zebi
  • ZI – (s) Zimbabwe (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • ZIF – (s) Zero Insertion Force (The device on a)
  • ZIP – (a) Zone Improvement Plan code
  • ZIRP – (a) Zero interest-rate policy

ZJ[]

  • zJ – (s) Zeptojoule
  • ZJ – (s) Zettajoule

ZK[]

  • zK – (s) Zeptokelvin
  • ZK – (s) Zettakelvin

ZL[]

  • zL – (s) Zeptolitre
  • ZL – (s) Zettalitre

ZM[]

  • zm – (s) Zeptometre
  • Zm – (s) Zettametre
  • ZM – (s) Zambia (ISO 3166 digram)
  • ZMB – (s) Zambia (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • ZMK – (s) Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 currency code)

ZN[]

  • zN – (s) Zeptonewton
  • Zn – (s) Zinc
  • ZN – (s) Zettanewton

ZO[]

  • ZOPFAN – (i) Zone of Peace, Freedom And Neutrality

ZR[]

  • Zr – (s) Zirconium
  • ZR – (s) Zaire (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete 1997)

ZS[]

  • zs – (s) Zeptosecond
  • Zs – (s) Zettasecond
  • ZS – (s) Zettasiemens

ZT[]

  • zT – (s) Zeptotesla
  • ZT – (s) Zettatesla

ZU[]

ZV[]

  • zV – (s) Zeptovolt
  • ZV – (s) Zettavolt

ZW[]

  • zW – (s) Zeptowatt
  • ZW – (s) Zettawatt
  • ZW – Zimbabwe (ISO 3166 digram)
  • ZWD – (s) Zimbabwe dollar (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • ZWE – (s) Zimbabwe (ISO 3166 trigram)

ZZ[]

  • ZZZ – (p) to be tired (internet slang)
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