za
noun
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za
1 American
[zah]
/ zɑ /
noun
Slang.
zā
2
American
[zah]
/ zɑ /
noun
ẓā
3
American
[zah]
/ zɑ /
noun
ZA
1
British
abbreviation
za
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of za1
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; by shortening and alteration
Origin of zā2
< Arabic zā ( y )
Origin of ẓā3
From Arabic
Example Sentences
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The shirts draped on the seats said Hvala za vse — “Thanks for everything” in Slovenian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Scrabble annoys me; I can’t trust a game in which a well-played za scores more points than, well, abbacy.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2020
Actual Needs: A large Papa John's za for Jer-Bear, because he's been a little hangry of late.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 25, 2018
Also on the menu: Japanese pickled vegetables and Chinese yu za kuei, traditional fried crullers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2011
“Iss my precious baby. I brought him all za way from Munich.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
ZA: I assisted for a while, but when I went to go on my own, I was fortunate enough that my first client as an independent lead stylist was Beyoncé.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
ZA Bank, operated by a unit of ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co Ltd, has set itself the goal of breaking even in five years.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2020
Inside Scrabble, even to some players of color, permitting slurs can feel no different than accepting that ZA is perfectly legit or that OK now meets the criteria for entry.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2020
For years she was known only as Victim ZA, but last Tuesday morning, she stood before Judge Rosemarie Aquilina and calmly shared her name.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2018
A tablet in the British Museum, dated in the 174th year of the Seleucid era or 138 B. C., Spartola Collection I 131, published by Strassmaier, ZA.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Stephen Langdon
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