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Zhuyaling Chengzhi
珠崖岭城址 (Zhuyaling city site), a near-square walled Tang-dynasty settlement of 28,685 square meters in Qiongshan, Haikou, Hainan; excavated 1999, 2022, and 2024, and a candidate clue in locating the Han Zhuya Commandery seat.
Zhuzhou (city)
Zhuzhou (株洲市), a prefecture-level city in eastern Hunan, China, core of the Chang-Zhu-Tan agglomeration and southern China's largest rail hub; one of eight First Five-Year Plan industrial cities, birthplace of China's first electric locomotive, aviation engine, air-to-air missile, and cemented carbide; 2025 GDP 406.35 billion yuan.
Zhuzhou (venue)
Zhuzhou International Circuit, renamed Hunan International Circuit (湖南国际赛车场) in November 2025, is a 3.774 km FIA Grade 2 racing circuit in Zhuzhou, Hunan, China; opened 2019, it hosts CTCC, TCR World Tour, and Formula 4.
Zhuzhou CRRC Times Semiconductor
Zhuzhou CRRC Times Semiconductor is a Chinese power-semiconductor manufacturer in Zhuzhou, Hunan, founded in 2019, majority-owned by CRRC Times Electric, making IGBT and silicon carbide devices.
Zhuzi Yulei
Zhuzi Yulei (朱子語類, "Classified Conversations of Master Zhu") is a 140-juan compilation of the sayings of Song Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi, compiled by Li Jingde in 1270.
Zhyrau
A zhyrau (жырау) is a Kazakh poet-sage of the oral tradition who composed tolgau, philosophical verse, and served as counselor and soothsayer to the khan, flourishing from the 15th to 18th centuries.
Zhytomyr (Житомир)
Zhytomyr (Житомир) is a city on the Teteriv River in northern Ukraine, administrative center of Zhytomyr oblast, about 130 km west of Kyiv. First recorded in 1240, granted Magdeburg law in 1444, Volhynia gubernia capital from 1804, birthplace of rocket engineer Sergei Korolov.
Zhytomyr City Amalgamated Territorial Commmunity
Zhytomyr City Amalgamated Territorial Community (Житомирська міська об'єднана територіальна громада) is a city-type hromada in Zhytomyr Raion, Ukraine, centered on Zhytomyr plus the village Veresi; population 265,126, first elections 2018, 2026 budget 4.62 billion UAH with education near half.
Zhytomyr Oblast
Zhytomyr Oblast (Zhytomyrshchyna), a northwestern Ukrainian province created 22 September 1937, capital Zhytomyr; fifth-largest oblast at 29,832 km², holds over 85% of Ukraine's titanium reserves, borders Belarus, and hosts 55,800 displaced persons.
Zhytomyr Raion
Zhytomyr Raion (Житомирський район), a district of Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Zhytomyr city. Reformed in 2020 into a 10,508.2 km² raion of 31 communities, 684 settlements, and about 618,000 people.
Zi (film)
Zi (stylized zi) is a 2026 experimental drama directed, written, and edited by Kogonada, starring Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jin Ha. Set in Hong Kong, it follows a violinist haunted by visions of her future self; it premiered at Sundance on January 24, 2026, distinct from the 2023 Bollywood film of the same name.
Zi Bu Yu
Zi Bu Yu (子不语), also titled Xin Qixie, is a collection of supernatural tales compiled by the Qing dynasty poet Yuan Mei and published in 1788.
Zi Jin
Zi Jin, also known as Mulasaki Ima (紫今), is a Japanese singer-songwriter born in 2002 who made her major debut in 2024 with the anime ending theme Gakkyuu Nisshi.
Zi shuo (Explanations of Characters)
Zi shuo (字说, Explanations of Characters) is a lost Chinese character dictionary by Song statesman Wang Anshi, required in calligraphy schools and examinations for about forty years.
Zi Wei Dou Shu (紫微斗数)
Zi Wei Dou Shu (紫微斗数), or Purple Star Astrology, is a Chinese fate-calculation system that charts stars across twelve palaces from a person's lunar birth date and hour.
Zi Yu (梓渝) (entertainer)
Zi Yu (梓渝), birth name Zheng Peng, born 2002 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, is a Chinese actor and singer, ex-光合少年 idol, who left Huakaibanxia after a 2022 assault, and broke out in 2025 with Revenged Love (逆爱).
Zi‐Kui Liu
Zi-Kui Liu is a materials scientist, the Dorothy Pate Enright Professor at Pennsylvania State University since 1999, known for computational thermodynamics, CALPHAD, and the zentropy theory.
Zia Alonto Adiong
Ziaur-Rahman "Zia" Alonto Adiong, Filipino politician, Lakas-CMD representative of Lanao del Sur's 1st district since 2022, former BARMM parliament member 2019-2022, Marawi siege spokesperson, House impeachment prosecution spokesperson and suffrage committee chair.
Zia Mody
Zia Mody is an Indian corporate attorney, co-founder and managing partner of AZB & Partners, ranked No. 1 in Fortune India's most powerful women in business in 2018 and 2019.
Zia ur Rahman Barq
Zia ur Rahman Barq, born 1988, in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian Samajwadi Party politician who has represented Sambhal in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Zia Yusuf
Zia Yusuf (born 1986) is a British businessman and Reform UK politician, its chairman 2024-2025 and now shadow home secretary; former Goldman Sachs executive and Velocity Black co-founder who donated £200,000 and built the party's organization.
Ziad A. Memish
Ziad A. Memish is a Saudi infectious-disease physician who was Saudi Arabia's first Deputy Minister of Health for Public Health during the 2012 MERS-CoV outbreak.
Ziad Jarrah (زياد سمير جراح)
Ziad Jarrah (زياد سمير جراح), born 1975 in Mazraa, Lebanon, was the Hamburg-cell hijacker pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001.
Ziad Mallat
Ziad Mallat is a French-trained cardiologist and immunologist, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cambridge since 2010, known for identifying immune pathways in atherosclerosis and leading the IVORY trials of low-dose aldesleukin.
Ziad Obermeyer
Ziad Obermeyer is an American physician and researcher at UC Berkeley working on machine learning, medicine, and health policy, known for exposing racial bias in a widely used health algorithm.
Ziad Oueslati
Ziad Oueslati (زياد وسلاتي) is a Tunisian private equity executive who co-founded AfricInvest in Tunis in 1994, a pan-African firm that has raised over €2.3 billion and financed more than 230 companies.
Ziaire Williams
Ziaire Williams (born 2001) is an American NBA forward, 10th pick of the 2021 draft, who played for the Grizzlies and Nets before signing a one-year Lakers contract in July 2026.
Ziaism
Ziaism: the Islamization program of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's martial law regime in Pakistan, 1977–1988, covering the Hudood Ordinances, Federal Shariat Court, madrassa and curriculum reforms, riba policy, and effects on women and minorities.
Ziam
Ziam (ปากกัด ตีนถีบ) is a 2025 Thai action-horror film directed by Kulp Kaljareuk, Netflix Thailand's first action-zombie film, released July 9, 2025, starring Prin Suparat as a Muay Thai fighter battling hospital zombies.
Ziarat Juniper forests Biosphere Reserve
Ziarat Juniper forests Biosphere Reserve: UNESCO MAB site in Balochistan, Pakistan, designated 2013; 112,851 ha holding Pakistan's largest Juniperus excelsa forest, ancient trees over 1,500 years old, markhor and black bear habitat.