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Yorkdale Shopping Centre
Yorkdale Shopping Centre (Yorkdale Mall), Toronto mall at Dufferin Street and Highway 401. Opened February 26, 1964 as the world's largest enclosed mall; now over 2 million sq ft, 270 stores, third largest in Canada.
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water is a privately owned water and sewerage company serving most of Yorkshire, England. It was formed in 1989 when the Yorkshire Water Authority was privatized.
Yurt
A yurt, called a ger (гэр) in Mongolian, is a portable circular dwelling with a latticed wooden frame covered in felt, used by nomads across Central Asia since antiquity.
Yusufeli Dam
Yusufeli Dam (Yusufeli Barajı) is a 275 m concrete arch dam on the Çoruh River in Artvin Province, Turkey, the country's highest, inaugurated in 2022.
Zaghouan Aqueduct
The Zaghouan Aqueduct is an ancient Roman aqueduct in present-day Tunisia, built from the 2nd century, carrying water about 132 km from Mount Zaghouan's springs to Carthage.
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), Iraqi-born British architect, first woman to win the 2004 Pritzker Prize; known for Vitra Fire Station, MAXXI, Heydar Aliyev Centre, and fluid parametric forms; founder of Zaha Hadid Architects.
Zanja
A zanja is a ditch or trench, and in the American Southwest an irrigation ditch carrying river water by gravity, as under Spanish and Mexican rule.
Zenner
Zenner is a German manufacturer of water, heat, and gas meters headquartered in Saarbrücken, founded in 1903 and now a leading provider of LoRaWAN-based IoT infrastructure for utilities.
Zhaixing Villa
Zhaixing Villa (摘星山莊), or Tanzi Lin House, is an 1871-1879 Qing dynasty two-hall courtyard mansion in Tanzi District, Taichung, built by general Lin Qizhong, designated a city monument in 1997 and famed as the top of Taiwan's ten folk residences.
Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge
The Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge (张家界大峡谷玻璃桥) is a glass-floored pedestrian suspension bridge spanning Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Hunan, China; opened in 2016, it is certified as the world's highest footbridge.
Zhengguo Canal
The Zhengguo Canal, also known as Chengkuo Canal, is a large irrigation canal in Shaanxi, China, begun in 246 BC under King Zheng of Qin.
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.
Zindan Bridge
Zindan Bridge, a Roman-era stone bridge over the Zindan Deresi (Eurymedon, Köprüçay) near Zindan Mağarası sanctuary, Aksu, Isparta, Turkey; pedestrian crossing slated for conservation under a 2020 project.
Zoji-la Tunnel
The Zoji-la Tunnel is an under-construction 13.15 km road tunnel in India, bored beneath the Zoji La pass to connect Sonamarg in Kashmir with Drass in Ladakh.
Zootopia: Hot Pursuit (疯狂动物城：热力追踪)
Zootopia: Hot Pursuit (疯狂动物城：热力追踪) is a trackless dark ride at Shanghai Disneyland, opened in December 2023, where guests join Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde on a chase.
Züblin
Ed. Züblin AG is a German construction company founded in Strasbourg in 1898 by engineer Eduard Züblin and based in Stuttgart since 1919, now wholly owned by STRABAG SE.
Zuiderzee Works
The Zuiderzee Works (Zuiderzeewerken) are a Dutch hydraulic engineering program, planned by Cornelis Lely, that dammed the Zuiderzee to create the freshwater IJsselmeer and reclaimed about 165,000 hectares of polders.
Zwinger (Dresden)
The Zwinger is a late Baroque palace ensemble in Dresden, Germany, built from 1710 to 1728 for Augustus the Strong and now housing three museums.