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DZ

1 American  
dz. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. dozen; dozens.


DZ 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Algeria (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

dz 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Algeria

"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

Etymology

Origin of DZ

from Arabic Djazïr

Example Sentences

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German financial company DZ Bank upgraded Tesla to Hold from Sell, according to Wall Street ratings aggregators.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

In the coming years, its economy will have to contend with higher labor costs, lower yields on investment and less funding from the EU, according to Matthias Schupeta, an economist at DZ Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

Boukhors, also known as Amir DZ, has lived in France since 2016 and was reportedly granted political asylum in 2023.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

That building, which opened in 1991, was a hit with critics, as was the firm’s 53-story DZ Bank Headquarters in Frankfurt, completed in 1993.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2023

DZ, representing the loads taken in their order.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Redo the previous example with the order of integration dθ dz dr.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

In this notation, P, Q, and R are functions, and we think of dr as vector ⟨ dx, dy, dz ⟩ .

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Evaluate ∭ ⎛x2 y + 3xyz⎞dx dy dz by using the transformation u = x, v = xy, and w = 3z.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Dj, as in edge; djd, hedg'd; dl, bridle; dld, riddl'd; dlst, handl'st; dlz, bundles; dn, hard'n; dr, drove; dth, width; dths, breadths; dz, odds.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

Again, for such a system the equation dz − pdx − qdy = 0 will hold for each two consecutive elements only when each element touches the surface at its own point.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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