Az

adv, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of availability zone. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Alternative form of az. (“azure”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  3. 3
    Name of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets. alt-of, letter, name, uncountable
  4. 4
    the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Eye dialect spelling of as. alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling

    "The whole legiſlature likewize acts az a court for the trial of public delinquents."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Arizona: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of AstraZeneca, a COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company. abbreviation, alt-of, neologism

    "Risks? Suck it up buttercup. The risk of death by Covid is real and so many others of your age had AZ with limited ill or side-effects."

Synonyms

All synonyms
arizariz.arizonaazimuthazimuth

Example

More examples

"Azerbaijan is called "Azərbaycan" in Azeri."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ).

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united states of america

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