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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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DZ didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

Netflix’s cash-and-stock transaction represents a coup for the man that all of Hollywood calls DZ.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

A high-profile critic of the Algerian government with more than a million followers on social media, Amir DZ was eventually released in a forest.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2025

"Prospects of an economic recovery are presently not promising," said Claus Niegsch, an analyst at DZ Bank.

From Reuters Aug. 25, 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

The Arabs pronounce it Baidh, giving to the dh an emphatic sound which makes it approach to dz.

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by C.-F. (Constantin-François) Volney

Ch and j represent the sounds ts and dz respectively, and g before e and i has the latter sound.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer

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