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Zoot suit

A zoot suit is a man's suit of the late 1930s and 1940s with wide, pegged trousers and a long coat with padded shoulders, worn mainly by young minority men.

Zoya Afroz

Zoya Afroz (ज़ोया अफ़रोज़), born 1994 in Lucknow, is an Indian actress and model: child artist in Hum Saath-Saath Hain (1999), Femina Miss India 2013 second runner-up, Miss India International 2021, and Priya in Netflix's Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web (2026).

Zozibini Tunzi

Zozibini Tunzi, South African model and actress, Miss Universe 2019 and Miss South Africa 2019; third South African and first Black South African winner; longest reign, 525 days; natural-hair advocacy; The Woman King.

Żubrówka

Żubrówka (Zubrowka) is a Polish bison grass flavored vodka made by Polmos Białystok since 1928, infused with Hierochloë odorata from the Białowieża Forest, sold with a grass blade in each bottle, classically mixed with apple juice as szarlotka, and owned by Maspex since 2021.

Zucchetto

Zucchetto (pileolus): the small round skullcap of Catholic clergy, white for the pope, red for cardinals, violet for bishops, black for others, worn under the biretta and mitre.

Zuleyka Rivera

Zuleyka Rivera (Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Mendoza), Puerto Rican model, actress, and presenter born 1987 in Cayey; Miss Universe 2006 at 18, the island's fifth winner, later star of the Despacito video and film Perla.

Zulu beadwork

Zulu beadwork (ubuhlalu) is the beadwork tradition of the Zulu people of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in which women use colored beads to convey messages of courtship, marriage, and identity.

Zundamon (ずんだもん)

Zundamon (ずんだもん) is a zunda mochi fairy mascot of SSS Godo Kaisha's Tohoku Zunko/Zundamon Project, begun in 2011 for Tohoku earthquake recovery. Its free 2021 VOICEVOX voice, credited "VOICEVOX:ずんだもん", made it a dominant explainer-video narrator.