CZ -abbr
- Canal Zone
czar ['zär, '(t)sär] -n
- emperor
- the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
- one having great power or authority
czar·das ['chär-,dash, -,däsh] -n
- a Hungarian dance to music in duple time in which the dancers start slowly and finish with a rapid whirl
czar·e·vitch ['zär-ə-,vich, '(t)sär-] -n
- an heir apparent of a Russian czar
cza·ri·na [zä-'rē-nə, (t)sä-] -n
- the wife of a czar
czar·ism ['zär-,i-zəm, '(t)sär-] -n, n or adj
- the government of Russia under the czars
- autocratic rule
Czech ['chek] -n, adj
- a native or inhabitant of western Czechoslovakia including Bohemia and Moravia
- the Slavic language of the Czechs
- a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic