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Zaynab
Zaynab is a 1914 novel by Egyptian writer Muhammad Husayn Haykal, set in the Egyptian countryside and regarded by many critics as the first modern Arabic novel.
Zaynab bint Ali (زينب بنت علي)
Zaynab bint Ali, also known as Sayyida Zaynab, was a daughter of Ali and Fatimah, venerated in Shia Islam for her courage after Karbala in 680.
Zaynab bint Jahsh (زينب بنت جحش)
Zaynab bint Jahsh (زينب بنت جحش) was a cousin of Muhammad, first married to his freedman Zayd, then to the Prophet in the only marriage the Quran contracts.
Zaynab bint Muhammad
Zaynab bint Muhammad (زينب بنت محمد), called Sahibat al-Qilada, was the eldest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadija, and wife of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi'.
Zaynal Khan Shamlu
Zaynal Khan Shamlu (زینل خان شاملو) was a Qizilbash Shamlu amir who served as commander-in-chief and regent under Shah Safi, put to death after a defeat around 1630.
Zayne Parekh
Zayne Parekh (born 2006, Markham, Ontario) is a Canadian defenseman for the Calgary Flames, drafted ninth overall in 2024; two-time OHL defenseman scoring leader, Max Kaminsky Trophy and CHL Defenseman of the Year winner, and 2024 Memorial Cup champion.
Zayni Barakat
Zayni Barakat (الزيني بركات) is a 1974 novel by the Egyptian writer Gamal al-Ghitani, using a real sixteenth-century muhtasib of Cairo as an allegory of political repression in modern Egypt.
Zayniyya
The Zayniyya (الطريقة الزينية) was a Sufi order founded in Herat in the early 15th century by Zayn al-Din Khwafi, spreading across Khorasan, Anatolia, and India.
Zayo Group
Zayo Group, or Zayo, is an American fiber-optic network infrastructure company founded in Boulder, Colorado, in 2007, selling dark fiber, wavelengths, and connectivity to carriers and large enterprises.
Zaytoven
Zaytoven (Xavier Lamar Dotson, born 1980, Frankfurt) is an Atlanta-based, Grammy-winning record producer, a central architect of trap known for church-rooted piano and organ melodies over 808 drums on defining Gucci Mane, Future, and Migos records.
Zayyan Ahmed
Zayyan Ahmed (জায়ান আহমেদ), born 2004 in Leesburg, Virginia, is a Bangladeshi left-back for Rimal Al-Sahra SC in the UAE Third Division and the Bangladesh national team, with 7 senior caps and a U-23 career via Virginia Tech and George Mason.
Zayyanid dynasty
The Zayyanid dynasty (بنو زيان), also called the Banu Abd al-Wad or Abd al-Wadids, was a Zenata Berber dynasty that ruled the central Maghreb from Tlemcen from 1236 until the Ottoman arrival in 1555.
Zayyanid seizure of Tlemcen
The Zayyanid seizure of Tlemcen was the takeover of Tlemcen in northwestern Algeria in 1236 by the Zenata Berber leader Yaghmurasan ibn Zayyan amid the collapsing Almohad empire.
Zaz (singer)
Zaz (Isabelle Geffroy, born 1980) is a French singer of jazz, chanson, soul, and acoustic music, known for "Je veux" (2010), albums including Paris (2014) and Sains et saufs (2025), and major international success.
ZAZ Zaporozhets
The ZAZ Zaporozhets (Запорожец) was a small rear-engined Soviet car built in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, from 1960 to 1994, the era's most affordable Soviet passenger car.
Zaza language
Zaza (Zazaki, Dimili) is a Northwest Iranian language of eastern Anatolia, Turkey, with 2 to 6 million speakers and Northern and Southern varieties, a distinct language from Kurdish with low mutual intelligibility and no recognized standard.
Zaza Pachulia (ზაზა ფაჩულია)
Zaza Pachulia (ზაზა ფაჩულია), Georgian NBA center born 1984 in Tbilisi, drafted 42nd in 2003 by Orlando; two-time champion with Golden State (2017, 2018) and first Georgian NBA title winner.
Zazaland
Zazaland (Զազալենդ) is a small children's amusement park opened May 2016 in Circular Park, central Yerevan, Armenia, on Moskovyan Street. Rides for kids under 10, card-based pricing (AMD200 card, AMD500 per attraction), precursor to Yerevan Park.
Zazas
Zazas are an ethnic group of eastern Anatolia speaking Zazaki (Zaza, Dimli, Kirmancki), a Northwestern Iranian language related to Gorani and Balochi, not Kurdish. Their language, split into Northern, Southern and Eastern dialects, is threatened, with under 40% mutual intelligibility with Kurmanji.
Zazen (坐禅)
Zazen (坐禅) is seated meditation in Zen Buddhism, brought from China to Japan, practiced as "just sitting" in Sōtō Zen and with kōans in Rinzai Zen.
Zazie
Zazie, born Isabelle de Truchis de Varennes in 1964, is a French singer-songwriter who has won five Victoires de la musique and four The Voice titles as a coach.
Zazie Beetz
Zazie Beetz (Zazie Olivia Beetz, born 1991, Berlin) is a German-American actress known as Van in Atlanta (Emmy-nominated), Domino in Deadpool 2, and Sophie in Joker, plus Bullet Train and The Bad Guys voice roles.
Zazie dans le Métro (novel)
Zazie dans le métro, Raymond Queneau's 1959 comic novel (not the 1960 Louis Malle film), follows a girl of about twelve in strike-bound Paris; famous for its neo-French phonetic spelling and opening word Doukipudonktan.
Zazie in the Metro
Zazie dans le métro (Zazie in the Metro) is Louis Malle's 1960 French burlesque comedy adapting Raymond Queneau's 1959 novel, starring Catherine Demongeot and Philippe Noiret, a stylistically experimental Paris farce about a girl during a métro strike.
Zazzau
Zazzau, known today as Zaria, was a Hausa city-state in what is now Nigeria, traditionally founded in the eleventh century and an emirate of Sokoto after 1808.
ZB vz. 26
The ZB vz. 26, also known as the ZB-26, was a Czechoslovak light machine gun designed by Václav Holek, chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge and produced from 1926.
Zb(10610) and Zb(10650)
Zb(10610) and Zb(10650), often abbreviated Zb and Zb′, are charged, bottomonium-like exotic hadrons discovered by the Belle Collaboration in 2011 that require four quarks.
ZB1–Al Faw Oil Pipeline
The ZB1–Al Faw Oil Pipeline is a 105 km crude oil pipeline in southern Iraq, running from the Zubair 1 depot near Basra to the Fao export depot.
ZB1–Al-Umaya Terminal Oil Pipeline
The ZB1–Al-Umaya Terminal Oil Pipeline is an operating crude oil pipeline in southern Iraq, running from Az Zubayr to the Khor Al-Amaya Oil Terminal on the Faw Peninsula.
Zbarazh Raion
Zbarazh Raion (Збаразький район) was a district of Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine, with its administrative center at the city of Zbarazh. Created in 1940, it was abolished in 2020.