See also: z [U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z] ,
ʒ [U+0292 LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH] ,
Ζ [U+0396 GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ZETA] ,
ℤ [U+2124 DOUBLE-STRUCK CAPITAL Z] ,
乙 [U+4E59 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E59] ,
ㆸ [U+31B8 BOPOMOFO LETTER GH] , and Appendix:Variations of "z" 
From theEtruscan 𐌆 ( z ,“ ze ” ) , from theAncient Greek Ζ ( Z ,“ zeta ” ) , derived from thePhoenician 𐤆 ( z ,“ zayin ” ) , from theEgyptian 𓏭 
Z  (lower case z 
The twenty-sixth and final letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet . Z 
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Name of letter Z  (upper case lower case z plural Zs or Z's 
The twenty-sixthletter  of the Englishalphabet , calledzed zee Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) letter A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z Z  (plural Z's or Zs 
A member ofGeneration Z .Alternative form: Zed Synonyms: Generation Z Generation Zer Gen Z Gen-Zer Zer zoomer 2017 Generation X Presidents Leading Community Colleges: New Challenges, New Leaders ,Rowman & Littlefield ,→ISBN 10 :Take that a step further for Millennials andZs  by crafting an e-mail subject header that does the same but with even fewer characters;[ …]  
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2022 Morgen Witzel , editor,Post-Pandemic Leadership: Exploring Solutions to a Crisis ,Routledge ,→ISBN The current global pandemic is almost certainly a formative moment for younger Millennials andZs  as they navigate through similar challenges. 
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The twenty-sixthletter  of the Afrikaansalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) letter A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z Z  (plural Z's diminutive Z'tjie 
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The thirty-fifthletter  of the Albanianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) shkronjë A a B b C c Ç ç D d Dh dh E e Ë ë F f G g Gj gj H h I i J j K k L l Ll ll M m N n Nj nj O o P p Q q R r Rr rr S s Sh sh T t Th th U u V v X x Xh xh Y y Z z Zh zh Z upper case  (lower case z 
The thirty-secondletter  of the Azerbaijanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) hərf A a B b C c Ç ç D d E e Ə ə F f G g Ğ ğ H h X x I ı İ i J j K k Q q L l M m N n O o Ö ö P p R r S s Ş ş T t U u Ü ü V v Y y Z z Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-seventhletter  of the Basquealphabet , calledzeta Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,Ñ  ñ ,O  o ,P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ü  ü ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-sixthletter  of the Catalanalphabet , calledzeta Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) lletres A  a  (À  à ),B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e  (É  é ,È  è ),F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ,Ï  ï ),J  j ,K  k ,L  l  (L·L  l·l ),M  m ,N  n ,O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ò  ò ),P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ú  ú ,Ü  ü ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z /ts/  is from West Germanic stem-initial, geminated or post-sonorant*t .For the origin of/z/ , seeS  ( German-based ) /ts/ ( Dutch-based ) /z/ Z 
A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian. /ts/  may also be represented byts, tts, ds, dds , mostly when there is an interveningmorpheme  boundary.In the Dutch-based spelling,/ts/  is always represented byts  (ords ). In the German-based spelling,/z/  is represented bys  Doubling of Z and use in the syllable coda
In the German-based spelling, doubling ofz  yieldstz , which is used after short vowels. (Asz  is already a voiceless sound there is no change in coda position.) In the Dutch-based spelling,z  is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. Codaz  is automatically replaced withs . Z  (lower case z 
A letter of theMazahua  alphabet. Derived from直 zhí 
Z 
( Mainland China ) A shorthand used to refer to direct express trains. Z 
The twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet. Z 
The twenty-sixth and last letter used inPinyin . 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead. The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English). Z  (capital ,lowercase z 
the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Dutch alphabet Z 
abbreviation  ofzuid south ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /z/ ; before a voiceless consonant,IPA (key ) : /s/ Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-eighthletter  of the Esperantoalphabet , calledzo Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) litero A a B b C c Ĉ ĉ D d E e F f G g Ĝ ĝ H h Ĥ ĥ I i J j Ĵ ĵ K k L l M m N n O o P p R r S s Ŝ ŝ T t U u Ŭ ŭ V v Z z Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-firstletter  of the Estonianalphabet , calledtsett Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) täht A  a ,B  b  (C  c ),D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,P  p  (Q  q ),R  r ,S  s ,Š  š ,Z  z ,Ž  ž ,T  t ,U  u ,V  v  (W  w ),Õ  õ ,Ä  ä ,Ö  ö ,Ü  ü  (X  x ,Y  y )The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , andZ 
Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-fifthletter  of the Finnishalphabet , calledtseta tset Latin script . Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced withts . ( Latin-script  letters) kirjain A  a ,B  b ,C  c ,D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s  (Š  š ),T  t ,U  u ,V  v  (W  w ),X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z  (Ž  ž ),Å  å ,Ä  ä ,Ö  ö Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-sixthletter  of the Frenchalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) lettre A  a  (À  à ,  â ,Æ  æ ),B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e  (É  é ,È  è ,Ê  ê ,Ë  ë ),F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i  (Î  î ,Ï  ï ),J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n  (Ñ  ñ ),O  o  (Ô  ô ,Œ  œ ),P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ù  ù ,Û  û ,Ü  ü ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y  (Ÿ  ÿ ),Z  z Z  (upper case ,lower case z 
The twenty-sixth and last letter of the German alphabet. Doubling ofz  generally yieldstz , butzz  is retained in loanwords (chiefly from Italian). In German handwriting, <Z> very often receives an additional stroke in the middle: Ƶ. Lack of this stroke may even make the letter look "incomplete" to many language users. However, <Ƶ > is virtually never used in printing. Z  (lower case z 
Aletter  of the Heiltsukalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Á  á ,A̓  a̓ ,B  b ,C  c ,C̓  c̓ ,D  d ,   ,G  g ,Gv  gv ,Ǧ  ǧ ,Ǧv  ǧv ,H  h ,H̓  h̓ ,Ħ  ħ ,I  i ,Í  í ,I̓  i̓ ,K  k ,Kv  kv ,K̓  k̓ ,K̓v  k̓v ,L  l ,ʼL  l̓ ,Ḷ  ḷ ,Ḷ́  ḷ́ ,ʼḶ  ḷ̓ ,Ɫ  ɫ ,M  m ,ʼM  m̓ ,Ṃ  ṃ ,Ṃ́  ṃ́ ,ʼṂ  ṃ̓ ,N  n ,ʼN  n̓ ,Ṇ  ṇ ,Ṇ́  ṇ́ ,ʼṆ  ṇ̓ ,P  p ,P̓  p̓ ,Q  q ,Qv  qv ,Q̓  q̓ ,Q̓v  q̓v ,S  s ,T  t ,T̓  t̓ ,  ƛ ,̓  ƛ̓ ,U  u ,Ú  ú ,U̓  u̓ ,W  w ,ʼW  w̓ ,X  x ,Xv  xv ,X̌  x̌ ,X̌v  x̌v ,Y  y ,ʼY  y̓ ,Z  z ,ʔ Z  (upper case lower case z 
The thirty-ninthletter  of the Hungarianalphabet , calledzé Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) betű A a Á á B b C c Cs cs D d Dz dz Dzs dzs E e É é F f G g Gy gy H h I i Í í J j K k L l Ly ly M m N n Ny ny O o Ó ó Ö ö Ő ő P p R r S s Sz sz T t Ty ty U u Ú ú Ü ü Ű ű V v Z z Zs zs Only in the extended alphabet: Q  q W  w X  x Y  y Commonly used:  ch Also defined:  à  ë In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts  ÿ Z  (lower case z 
The twenty-sixthletter  of the Idoalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) litero A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z Z  f or m invariable ,upper case lower case z 
The twenty-firstletter  of the Italianalphabet , calledzeta Latin script . Z 
the letterzeta  in the Greek alphabet ( Latin-script  letters) lettera A  a  (À  à ),B  b ,C  c ,D  d ,E  e  (É  é ,È  è ),F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ,Ì  ì ,Î  î ,J  j ,K  k ),L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ò  ò ),P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ú  ú ,Ù  ù ),V  v  (W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ),Z  z Italian alphabet Wikipedia Borrowed  fromTagalog Z English Z 
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /zi/ [zi̞] IPA (key ) : ( more native-sounding ) /si/ [si̞] Rhymes:-i  ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /z/ [z] IPA (key ) : ( more native-sounding ) /s/ [s] Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-eighthletter  of the Kankanaeyalphabet , calledzi Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) letra A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n Ñ ñ Ng ng O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016 ),Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy  [Kankanaey Orthography [2] →ISBN 10-11  The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet  article on Wikipedia for more, andZ 
Z  (upper case ,lower case z 
The thirty-secondletter  of the Kashubianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Ą  ą ,Ã  ã ,B  b ,C  c ,D  d ,E  e ,É  é ,Ë  ë ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,Ò  ò ,Ó  ó ,Ô  ô ,P  p ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u ,Ù  ù ,W  w ,Y  y ,Z  z ,Ż  ż The letter descended from theOld Italic  letter𐌆 ( z )  in theOld Latin Classical period , when it came back into use, transcribing theAncient Greek Ζ ( Z ,“ zeta ” ) , which had formerly been transcribedS  in initial position andSS  in medial position. In writings of theLate Latin  period,Z  frequently takes the place ofS  and in the third and fourth centuries often represented word-initialprevocalic di .
Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-third letter of theClassical Latin  alphabet, calledzēta  ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,B  b ,C  c ,D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,V  v ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z “Z, z Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary   “Z ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette, page1,700/1 .  “Z, z ” on page 2,125/1 of theOxford Latin Dictionary  Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs , which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur , and sporadically inCyrillic .
Z Z  (upper case lower case z 
The thirty-secondletter  of the Latvianalphabet , calledzē Latin script . Letters of the Latvian alphabet: burti A a Ā ā B b C c Č č D d E e Ē ē F f G g Ģ ģ H h I i Ī ī J j K k Ķ ķ L l Ļ ļ M m N n Ņ ņ O o P p R r S s Š š T t U u Ū ū V v Z z Ž ž Z  (lower case z 
The thirty-secondletter  of the Lower Sorbianalphabet , calledzet Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) pismik A  a ,B  b ,C  c ,Č  č ,Ć  ć ,D  d ,E  e ,Ě  ě ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,Ch  ch ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,Ł  ł ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,Ń  ń ,O  o  (Ó  ó ),P  p ,R  r ,Ŕ  ŕ ,S  s ,Š  š ,Ś  ś ,T  t ,U  u ,W  w ,Y  y ,Z  z ,Ž  ž ,Ź  ź ( obsolete letters ) B́ b́ ,Ė ė ,Ḿ ḿ ,Ṕ ṕ ,ſ ,ß ,Ꞩ ẜ ,Ẃ ẃ ( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) : [zɛt̚] ,[zɛk̚] ,[zi] ( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key ) : [z] ( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA (key ) : [s] Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-sixthletter  of the Malayalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z Z  (upper case ,lower case z 
The thirtiethletter  of the Maltesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) ittra A a B b Ċ ċ D d E e F f Ġ ġ G g Għ għ H h Ħ ħ I i Ie ie J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Ż ż Z z Z  (lower case z 
Aletter  of the Navajoalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a  (Á  á ,Ą  ą ,Ą́  ą́ ),B  b ,Ch  ch ,Chʼ  chʼ ,D  d ,Dl  dl ,Dz  dz ,E  e  (É  é ,Ę  ę ,Ę́  ę́ ),G  g ,Gh  gh ,H  h ,Hw  hw ,X  x ,I  i  (Í  í ,Į  į ,Į́  į́ ),J  j ,K  k ,Kʼ  kʼ ,Kw  kw ,ʼ ,L  l ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,N  n  (Ń  ń ),O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ǫ  ǫ ,Ǫ́  ǫ́ ),S  s ,Sh  sh ,T  t ,Tʼ  tʼ ,Tł  tł ,Tłʼ  tłʼ ,Ts  ts ,Tsʼ  tsʼ ,W  w ,Y  y ,Z  z ,Zh  zh Z  (upper case  Z lower case  z 
the 29th letter of the Norwegian alphabet Only in loan words and foreign names. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead ofs .
Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-ninthletter  of the Nupealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) banki A  a  (Á  á ,À  à ),B  b ,C  c ,D  d ,Dz  dz ,E  e  (É  é ,È  è ),F  f ,G  g ,Gb  gb ,H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ,Ì  ì ),J  j ,K  k ,Kp  kp ,L  l ,M  m  (Ḿ  ḿ ,M̀  m̀ ,M̄  m̄ ),N  n  (Ń  ń ,Ǹ  ǹ ,N̄  n̄ ),O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ò  ò ),P  p ,R  r ,S  s ,Sh  sh ,T  t ,Ts  ts ,U  u  (Ú  ú ,Ù  ù ),V  v ,W  w ,Y  y ,Z  z ,Zh  zh The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography  article on Wikipedia for more, andZ 
Z  (upper case ,lower case z 
The thirtiethletter  of the Polishalphabet , calledzet Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Ą  ą ,B  b ,C  c ,Ć  ć ,D  d ,E  e ,Ę  ę ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,N  n ,Ń  ń ,O  o ,Ó  ó ,P  p  (Q  q ),R  r ,S  s ,Ś  ś ,T  t ,U  u  (V  v ),W  w  (X  x ),Y  y ,Z  z ,Ź  ź ,Ż  ż Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-sixthletter  of the Portuguesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) letra A  a  (Á  á ,À  à ,  â ,à  ã ),B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e  (É  é ,Ê  ê ),F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ),J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ô  ô ,Õ  õ ),P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ú  ú ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z Z  (upper case ,lower case z 
( International Standard ) The thirtiethletter  of the Romanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Pan-Vlax ) The thirty-firstletter  of the Romanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h X x I i J j K k Kh kh L l M m N n O o P p Ph ph R r S s T t Th th U u V v Z z International Standard: (À  à ,Ä  ä ,Ǎ  ǎ ),Ć  ć ,Ćh  ćh , (È  è ,Ë  ë ,Ě  ě ), (Ì  ì ,Ï  ï ,Ǐ  ǐ ), (Ò  ò ,Ö  ö ,Ǒ  ǒ ),Rr  rr ,Ś  ś , (Ù  ù ,Ü  ü ,Ǔ  ǔ ),Ź  ź ,Ʒ  ʒ ,Q  q ,Ç  ç ,ϴ  θ  .Pan-Vlax: Č  č ,Čh  čh ,Dž  dž , (Dź  dź ),Ř  ř ,Š  š , (Ś  ś ),Ž  ž , (Ź  ź )Z  (upper case lower case z 
The thirty-firstletter  of the Romanianalphabet , calledze zet zed ,  orzî Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A a Ă ă Â â B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i Î î J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s Ș ș T t Ț ț U u V v W w X x Y y Z z The Z symbol used by the Russian military. Sense 2 was derived fromз апад( z apad“ west ” ) . The Z sign was initially used for vehicles targeted towards southeastern Ukraine, in a manner similar toinvasion stripes  used by theAllies  inWorld War II . Later popularized by the Russian government on social media as a rallying symbol.
Z  (lower case z 
the Roman letterZ ,z Synonym: зет ( zɛt )  (The addition ofquotations  indicative of this usage is being sought:) ( politics ) symbol  representingsupport  for the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Synonyms: ( all derogatory ) полусва́стика ( polusvástika ) ,но́вая сва́стика ( nóvaja svástika ) ,зва́стика ( zvástika ) ,зи́га ( zíga ) #Z аМир, #Z аПобеду ( hashtags using Z by Russian nationalists in support for war against Ukraine ) #Z aMir, #Z aPobedu "for peace", "for victory" Z OV( a symbol combining V and O, more symbols used on Russian tanks, used by the Russian government and some online users in support for war against Ukraine ) Z OV (may also be interpreted asзов , or "call forth [to war]")Z алупа, роZZ ия,z вери,Z ло,Z омби, пиZ дец( derisive online slang terms mocking Russian nationalists ) Z alupa, roZZ ija,z veri,Z lo,Z ombi, piZ dec"dickhead", "RuZZia", "beaZts", "evil", "Zombie", "fucked up" Russian nationalists replace instances of the Cyrillic letterЗ ( Z )  and less commonlyС ( S )  with Z in some words and usernames, and their opponents also use Latin Z's in Russian words to mock them. Z-бло́гер ( Z-blóger ,“ a Z-blogger, a blogger who supports the invasion of Ukraine ” ) Z-ме́рч ( Z-mérč ,“ Z-merch, merchandise glorifying the invasion of Ukraine ” ) Z-патрио́т ( Z-patriót ,“ a Z-patriot, fanatical Russian nationalist who supports the invasion of Ukraine ” ) Z-те́хника ( Z-téxnika ,“ Z-techniques, techniques used during the invasion ” ) zва́стика ( zvástika ) zомби ( zombi ,“ a zombie, a fanatical Russian nationalist who supports the invasion of Ukraine ” ) зе́тник ( zétnik ,“ a vatnik who uses the Z symbol, a supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ” ) ,зэ́тник ( zɛ́tnik ) зиговать ( zigovatʹ ,“ to use a Nazi salute ” ) ,zиговать ( zigovatʹ ,“ to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine ” ) РоZZия ( RoZZija ,“ RuZZia, Russia as the aggressor during the invasion of Ukraine ” ) ру́ZZкий мир ( rúZZkij mir ) ⇒  English:zwastika ( internet slang, usage of Z by Russian nationalists ) ⇒  English:Ruzzia ( internet slang, Russia being militarised during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine ) ⇒  Ukrainian:Z ( a symbol used by Ukrainians to mock Russia ) V ( “ V ” ,another letter used as a pro-war symbol ) Еле́нский ( Jelénskij ,“ Elensky ” ,slang term mocking President Zelensky for the ban of the Z letter ) З ( Z ) ,з ( z ) свои́х не броса́ем ( svoíx ne brosájem ,“ we do not leave our own ” ,pro-war slogan ) спецопера́ция ( specoperácija ,“ special operation ” ,official Russian government term for the invasion of Ukraine ) денацифици́ровать ( denacificírovatʹ ,“ denazify ” ,another Russian government term used for the same invasion ) Z 
The thirty-eighthletter  of the Saanichalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A ,Á ,Ⱥ ,B ,C ,Ć ,Ȼ ,D ,E ,H ,I ,Í ,J ,K ,Ꝁ ,Ꝃ ,₭ ,Ḵ ,Ḱ ,L ,Ƚ ,M ,N ,Ṉ ,O ,P ,Q ,S ,Ś ,T ,Ⱦ ,Ṯ ,Ŧ ,U ,W ,W̱ ,X ,X̱ ,Y ,Z ,s ,¸ The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language  article on Wikipedia for more, andZ 
Z  (upper case ,lower case z 
The thirty-secondletter  of the Silesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Ã  ã ,B  b ,C  c ,Ć  ć ,D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,N  n ,Ń  ń ,O  o ,Ŏ  ŏ ,Ō  ō ,Ô  ô ,Õ  õ ,P  p ,R  r ,S  s ,Ś  ś ,T  t ,U  u ,W  w ,Y  y ,Z  z ,Ź  ź ,Ż  ż Z  (lower case z 
The thirty-thirdletter  of the Skolt Samialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) bukva A  a ,  â ,B  b ,C  c ,Č  č ,Ʒ  ʒ ,Ǯ  ǯ ,D  d ,Đ  đ ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,Ǧ  ǧ ,Ǥ  ǥ ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,Ǩ  ǩ ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,Ŋ  ŋ ,O  o ,Õ  õ ,P  p ,R  r ,S  s ,Š  š ,T  t ,U  u ,V  v ,Z  z ,Ž  ž ,Å  å ,Ä  ä ,ʹ Z  (capital ,lowercase z 
The twenty-fourthletter  of the Slovenealphabet , written in theLatin script . The thirty-fourthletter  of the Slovenealphabet  (Resian), written in theLatin script . The twenty-fifthletter  of the Slovenealphabet  (Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script . Z  (upper case ,lower case z 
the 27th letter of the Spanish alphabet Borrowed  fromSpanish Z 
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish Z  Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanish Z  ( Standard Tagalog ) IPA (key ) : /ˈzi/ [ˈzɪ] ,( regional ) /zej/ [zeɪ̯] ( letter name, Filipino alphabet ) IPA (key ) : ( with nativization ) /ˈsi/ [ˈsɪ] ,( regional,  with nativization ) /sej/ [seɪ̯] ( letter name, Filipino alphabet ) Rhymes:-i -ej  IPA (key ) : /ˈzeta/ [ˈzɛː.t̪ɐ] ( letter name, Abecedario ) IPA (key ) : ( with nativization ) /ˈseta/ [ˈsɛː.t̪ɐ] ( letter name, Abecedario ) Rhymes:-eta  IPA (key ) : /z/ [z] ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : ( with nativization ) /s/ [s] ( phoneme ) Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-eighthletter  of the Tagalogalphabet  (theFilipino alphabet ), calledzi Latin script . ( historical ) The twenty-eighthletter  of the Tagalogalphabet  (theAbecedario ), calledzeta Latin script . This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings. Some purists of Tagalog replaceZ  in words withS  ( Latin-script  letters) titik A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n Ñ ñ Ng ng O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z “Z ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018  Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-ninthletter  of the Turkishalphabet , calledze Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) harf A  a  (Â  â ),B  b ,C  c ,Ç  ç ,D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,Ğ  ğ ,H  h ,I  ı ,İ  i  (Î  î ),J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,Ö  ö ,P  p ,R  r ,S  s ,Ş  ş ,T  t ,U  u  (Û  û ),Ü  ü ,V  v ,Y  y ,Z  z 
Originated from Russian usage of the letter Z as a military symbol, as well as a symbol of support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine (seeZ 
Z  (lower case z 
the Roman letterZ ,z Synonym: зет ( zet )  (The addition ofquotations  indicative of this usage is being sought:) ( politics ) a symbol indicating that the user, or the person tagged with it, supports the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine  РоZZ ія ( derisive online slang term mocking Russian nationalists ) RoZZ ija "RuZZ ia" Often used by Ukrainian Internet users and politicians to mock or deride Russians following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Z  (upper case lower case z 
The twenty-sixthletter  of the Zulualphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z