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Zulu folktales
Zulu folktales, known in isiZulu as izinganekwane, are the traditional oral narratives of the Zulu people of South Africa, told for entertainment while teaching language, proverbs, and cultural values.
Zulu Kingdom
Zulu Kingdom (KwaZulu), African state in south-eastern Africa founded by King Shaka between 1818 and 1828, organized around amabutho regiments and amakhanda military homesteads; destroyed after the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, with the monarchy continuing today under King Misuzulu.
Zulu language
Zulu (isiZulu) is a Nguni Bantu language (Guthrie S42) of South Africa, the most spoken home language at 24.4% in Census 2022, one of twelve official languages, closely related to Xhosa, Swati, and Ndebele.
Zulu novel
The Zulu novel is a tradition of extended prose fiction written in isiZulu, growing out of South African mission printing and school publishing from the early twentieth century.
Zulu people
The Zulu people (amaZulu) are a Nguni ethnic group of South Africa, about 12 million strong, formed under Shaka's 1816-1828 kingdom; isiZulu is the country's most spoken language and the monarchy is centered in KwaZulu-Natal.
Zulu radio serials
Zulu radio serials are serialized drama programs broadcast in isiZulu on South African radio, growing from the first Zulu broadcasts of the 1940s to reach millions of listeners.
Zulu war songs
Zulu war songs (amahubo empi) are sung compositions of the Zulu people of South Africa created for and about warfare, originating under King Shaka (1816–1828).
Zulu wedding songs
Zulu wedding songs are isiZulu-language songs performed at traditional Zulu weddings in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, serving as entertainment, communication, and instruction for the marrying couple and community.
Zuluf Oil and Gas Field
Zuluf is a giant offshore oil and gas field in the Arabian Gulf, about 40 kilometers off Saudi Arabia's coast, owned and operated by Saudi Aramco.
Zululand District Municipality
Zululand District Municipality (DC26) is a Category C district municipality in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the province's largest district at 16% of its area, comprising Ulundi, Nongoma, uPhongolo, eDumbe, and AbaQulusi local municipalities, headquartered in Ulundi.
Zum (company)
Zum Services, Inc., usually styled Zūm, is an American student transportation company founded in 2016 by Ritu Narayan, headquartered in Redwood City, California, serving more than 7,500 schools.
Zuma (site)
El-Zuma is an elite tumuli cemetery of the early Makurian kingdom, used in the 5th and 6th centuries AD in the Dongola Reach of Upper Nubia, Sudan.
Zuma (video game)
Zuma, also known as Zuma Deluxe, is a 2003 marble-shooter puzzle game by PopCap Games, whose stone frog shoots colored balls to match chains of three or more.
ZUMA-1 trial
ZUMA-1 (NCT02348216) is the pivotal single-arm phase 1-2 trial of axicabtagene ciloleucel (KTE-C19, Yescarta) CAR T-cell therapy in refractory large B-cell lymphoma, reporting 83% ORR, 58% CR, and 42.6% five-year overall survival.
ZUMA-3 trial
ZUMA-3 (NCT02614066), also called the brexucabtagene autoleucel or KTE-X19 trial, is a single-arm phase 1/2 study of anti-CD19 CAR T therapy in adult relapsed/refractory B-ALL, with 70.9% CR/CRi and FDA approval in October 2021.
Zumaia
Zumaia (Zumaya) is a Basque coastal town in Gipuzkoa, Spain, at the Urola river mouth, chartered in 1347, with about 10,000 inhabitants, famed for the flysch cliffs of Itzurun beach in the Basque Coast UNESCO Global Geopark.
Zumanity
Zumanity was Cirque du Soleil's first adults-only (18+) cabaret and burlesque resident show, at New York-New York Las Vegas from 2003 to 2020, over 7,700 performances, closed permanently during the pandemic.
Zumba
Zumba: Latin-inspired dance-fitness program created by Alberto "Beto" Pérez in 1990s Colombia, built into Zumba Fitness LLC by Perlman and Aghion; classes in 180+ countries, moderate-to-vigorous cardio workout.
Zumbi
Zumbi, also known as Zumbi dos Palmares (c. 1655–1695), was the final and most famous leader of Palmares, a Brazilian quilombo in Pernambuco that resisted the Portuguese for almost a hundred years.
Zumo robot
The Zumo robot is a family of small tracked robot platforms made by Pololu Corporation, less than 10 cm across and designed to qualify for Mini Sumo competitions.
Zumpango, México
Zumpango (Zumpango de Ocampo) is a municipality in the northern State of Mexico, about 55 km north of Mexico City, with 280,455 residents in 2020, the Laguna de Zumpango reservoir, and the Felipe Ángeles International Airport.
Zumper
Zumper is a privately held American rental marketplace based in San Francisco, founded in 2012, with more than 1 million active listings across the US and Canada.
Zumurrud Khatun
Zumurrud Khatun (زمرد خاتون), honorific Safwat al-Mulk, was a Burid princess of Damascus, wife of Buri Taj al-Muluk, who arranged her son Isma'il's assassination and later married Zengi.
Zumwalt-class destroyer
The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three stealthy US Navy guided-missile destroyers, originally built for naval surface fire support and now being converted to carry hypersonic missiles.
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.
Zündapp
Zündapp was a German motorcycle and small-vehicle manufacturer, founded in Nuremberg in 1917, known for the military KS 750, the KS 601 "Green Elephant", and the Bella scooter.
Zune
Zune was Microsoft's brand of portable media players and music services, launched in November 2006 as a competitor to Apple's iPod and retired in 2015.
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale
The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that screens for and grades depression severity, producing a raw score from 20 to 80 and an index from 25 to 100.
Zuni oral literature
Zuni oral literature is the narrative, ceremonial, and verbal art transmitted orally at Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, including emergence narratives, kachina tales, and moral fables.
Zuni-Bandera
Zuni-Bandera is a basaltic volcanic field of about 2,460 km² in west-central New Mexico, whose youngest eruption, the McCartys flow, occurred about 3,000 years ago.