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  • AZ
    AZ
    abbreviation
    Arizona (approved especially for use with zip code).
  • az-
    az-
    variant of azo-, especially before a vowel.
  • az.
    az.
    abbreviation
    azimuth.
  • az
    az
    abbreviation
    Azerbaijan

AZ

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Arizona (approved especially for use with zip code).


az- 2 American  
  1. variant of azo-, especially before a vowel.

    azine.


az. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. azimuth.

  2. azure.


AZ 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Arizona

  2. Azerbaijan (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

az. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. azimuth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

az 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Azerbaijan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Gallardo has a strong replacement available in young AZ Alkmaar player Mateo Chávez.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

After finishing sixth in the Conference League league phase they beat Lech Poznan 4-3 on aggregate in the last 16 before overcoming AZ Alkmaar 5-2 over two legs to reach the final four.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

“To everyone that supported me and showed kindness to my family and I during my time in AZ, from the bottom of my heart, thank you,” Murray wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2026

"Yes, I saw the Dublin Airport thing - I'm loving all the stuff," said the AZ Alkmaar forward.

From BBC Nov. 17, 2025

I say axis or major diameter, because the same ellipse SVT may be considered as the section of a spheroid of which the axis is AZ perpendicular to AV.

From Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huygens

Sir Walter de Bermyngham—Arg., on a bend gu., cotised az., three esallops or.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

Sir John de Clintone—Arg., on a chief az. two fleurs de lys or, No. 74.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

Quarterly, gu. and az., in the chief dexter quarter an eagle displayed or.

From Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

Used to blazon the quills of feathers: thus, a blue feather having its quill golden is blazoned—A feather az., quilled or.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

Sir R. de Boterels—Chequée or and gu., on a chevron az. three horseshoes arg.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

A climactic finale was only denied when Rindt was forced to pit with a loose endplate that was damaging az tyre.

From The Guardian Apr. 11, 2019

Michael B. Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, invoked the Hebrew phrase “Im kvar az kvar,” roughly akin to “in for a dime, in for a dollar.”

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2014

In the little town of Kafr az Zayyat," Wynn writes, "the crowd dragged me up to the front row to stand beside the mayor as the presidential train roared past.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1876 Josh Billings described a school mistress as "precise in everything, az a pair ov Fairbanks' improved platform scales."

From Time Magazine Archive

I don’t kno az the pollywogg gains ennything by swopping himself oph for a frog, unless it iz experience, but i never hav bin able to diskover much ov enny happiness in experience.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Henry W. Shaw

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