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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


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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

Flash estimate inflation data for the eurozone are “eagerly awaited” on Tuesday, say DZ Bank analysts in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 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

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

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

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

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

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

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

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 Charles W. Sanders

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