List of acronyms: Z

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)

(Main list of acronyms)

Z0–9

ZA

  • za – (s) Zhuang languages (ISO 639-1 code)
  • zA – (s) Zeptoampere
  • ZA – (s) South Africa (ISO 3166 digram) – 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) – 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
  • ZCM – (n) ZENworks Configuration Management
  • ZCMK – (a) Zone Control Master Key
  • ZCU – (i) Zimbabwe Cricket Union

ZD

ZF

ZG

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

ZH

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

ZK

ZL

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

ZO

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

ZP

ZQ

ZR

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

ZS

ZT

ZU

ZV

ZW

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

ZX

ZY

ZZ

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