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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter Z.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

(Main list of acronyms)

Z0–9

ZA

ZB

  • ZBT – (i) Zero-Balance Transfer (accounting)

ZC

ZD

ZE

ZF

ZG

ZH

ZI

ZJ

ZK

ZL

ZM

ZN

ZO

  • ZOPFAN – (i) Zone of Peace, Freedom And Neutrality

ZP

ZQ

ZR

ZS

ZT

ZU

ZV

ZW

ZX

ZY

ZZ

  • ZZZ – (p) to be tired (internet slang)
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