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ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services (Hebrew: צים) is an Israeli container shipping company founded in 1945, operating about 56 weekly lines calling at over 300 ports.
Zima (drink)
Zima (Russian for winter) was Coors's clear, citrus-flavored malt beverage, launched in 1992, peaking at about 1.3 million barrels in 1994, withdrawn in the U.S. in 2008, and revived in limited runs and in Japan.
Zimara
Zimara (Ζιμάρα), ancient town and Roman frontier fort in southern Lesser Armenia on the upper Euphrates, near modern Pingan, Turkey; attested by Pliny, Ptolemy, the Antonine Itinerary, and the Tabula Peutingeriana; not the Syrian city Simyra.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (Republic of Zimbabwe), a landlocked southern African country with capital Harare, independent since 18 April 1980; ruled by ZANU-PF under Mugabe then Mnangagwa, whose 2026 amendments extended his term to 2030; ZiG currency, Victoria Falls, debt at 38% of GDP.
Zimbabwe African National Union
The Zimbabwe African National Union, ZANU, was a Zimbabwean liberation party formed in 1963 by a breakaway from ZAPU, waging guerrilla war against white minority rule.
Zimbabwe African People's Union
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) is a Zimbabwean political party founded in 1961, led by Joshua Nkomo, which fought for majority rule until independence in 1980.
Zimbabwe architecture
Zimbabwe architecture is the dry-stone building tradition of the Zimbabwe Plateau in southern Africa, flourishing between the 11th and 18th centuries and best expressed at Great Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Bird
The Zimbabwe Bird is a soapstone sculpture of a bird on a column, one of eight from Great Zimbabwe and now the national emblem on Zimbabwe's flag.
Zimbabwe Gold
Zimbabwe Gold, known as ZiG, is a gold-backed currency issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in April 2024, replacing the Zimbabwe dollar at 13.56 per US dollar.
Zimbabwe International Book Fair
The Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) is an annual book and publishing fair held in Harare, first staged in 1983 and for years one of the premier book fairs in Africa.
Zimbabwe National Army
The Zimbabwe National Army, also known as the Zimbabwean Army, is the land-force component of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, formed in 1980 by integrating three former rival forces.
Zimbabwe national cricket team
Zimbabwe national cricket team, the Chevrons, ICC Full Member since 1992; first Test drawn vs India at Harare; 1983 World Cup win over Australia; co-hosts 2027 World Cup; Test 10th, ODI/T20I 11th-12th.
Zimbabwe national football team
Zimbabwe national football team, the Warriors, men's team run by ZIFA (founded 1965). Six AFCON appearances since 2004, all group-stage exits; FIFA rank 129; coach Mario Marinica since 2025.
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Zimbabwe Rhodesia, also called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, was the unrecognised state renamed from Rhodesia on 1 June 1979 under Prime Minister Abel Muzorewa's biracial internal-settlement government; it lasted until 12 December 1979, when UDI was renounced and the territory returned to British rule before becoming Zimbabwe in 1980.
Zimbabwe Women Writers
Zimbabwe Women Writers is a Zimbabwean organization for women writers, founded in Harare in 1990 to promote, publish, and train women writing in Shona, Ndebele, and English.
Zimbabwe women's cricket team in Thailand in 2022–23
Zimbabwe Women's tour of Thailand 2022-23: bilateral women's cricket tour, 3 ODIs and 4 T20Is at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok, 19-29 April 2023; Thailand won the ODIs 3-0 and the T20Is 2-1.
Zimbabwean dollar
The Zimbabwean dollar was Zimbabwe's currency from 1980 until hyperinflation collapsed it in 2008–2009, reaching a Z$100 trillion note before dollarization; successor units include the 2019 dollar and the gold-backed ZiG.
Zimbabwean involvement in the Second Congo War
Zimbabwe's involvement in the Second Congo War was its military deployment to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1998 to 2002 in support of Laurent Kabila's government.
Zimbabwean novel
The Zimbabwean novel is the tradition of extended prose fiction in Shona, Ndebele, and English, beginning in the mid-1950s and shaped by themes of land dispossession, the liberation war, and nationalism.
Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar note
The Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar note is a banknote issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in January 2009, during hyperinflation, worth about US$5 at issue.
Zimbabwean stone sculpture
Zimbabwean stone sculpture, often marketed as "Shona sculpture," is a contemporary art movement in which Zimbabwean artists carve figurative and abstract works from local stones like serpentine.
Zimbardo time perspective inventory
The Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) is a 56-item questionnaire measuring how people orient to past, present, and future, introduced by Zimbardo and Boyd in 1999.
Zimberelimab
Zimberelimab (AB122, GLS-010, WBP-3055; YuTuo) is a fully human IgG4 anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody approved in China for PD-L1-positive recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer and relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma, and studied globally in combination immunotherapy trials.
Zimcerla Dorsa
Zimcerla Dorsa is an 850-km-long dorsum (ridge) on Venus at 47.5°S, 73.5°E in the Aino Planitia quadrangle, named in 1997 for a West Slavic dawn goddess.
Zimeldine
Zimeldine, also spelled zimelidine and sold as Zelmid, was the first marketed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, introduced in 1982 and withdrawn worldwide in 1983 for causing Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Zimina
Zimina (Зимина) is an extinct volcanic massif of merged stratovolcanoes, 3,057-3,081 m, at the southeastern end of the Klyuchevskaya volcano group in Kamchatka, Russia; no Holocene eruptions are known.
Zimmer (automobile)
Zimmer was an American maker of neoclassic automobiles, founded by Paul Zimmer in Syracuse, New York, in 1978 and known for the Mustang-based Golden Spirit coupe.
Zimmer Biomet
Zimmer Biomet is a global medical technology company headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, formed in 2015 and a major manufacturer of hip and knee replacement implants.
Zimmer Generating Station
The Zimmer Generating Station, formally the William H. Zimmer Generating Station, was a 1,300-megawatt coal-fired plant in Moscow, Ohio, and the first converted from nuclear to coal, operating from 1991 to 2022.
Zimmerit
Zimmerit was a paste-like coating applied to German tanks and assault guns from August 1943 to September 1944 to prevent magnetic anti-tank mines from adhering.