name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ɒz/
rhymes with -ɒz
homophone: awes (cot–caught merger)
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/aʊns/
rhymes with -aʊns
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/oʊ ziː/
CMU ARPABET:AA1 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
Ellipsis of Land of Oz, the fictional setting created by L. Frank Baum for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and other works. The term has been extended from the original country of Oz to the entire fictional world of Oz. Subsequently used as a setting by other authors and artists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
Meaning 2
Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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3
name
Meaning 3
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A male given name.
A diminutive of the male given names Oscar, Oswald, or Osbourne.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
A surname from Turkish, notably borne by Dr. Oz
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Examples
Add 8 oz of flour.
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8
noun
Meaning 8
An unreal, magical realm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
An ounce (especially of marijuana or other drugs).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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noun
Meaning 10
Initialism of opportunity zone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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History
Etymology
After the fictional land in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Back-formation from Aus, abbreviation of Australia.
Abbreviations.
From Turkish Öz.
From Italian oz., abbreviation of onza (obsolete form of oncia).
From the abbreviation oz (“ounce”) pronounced as an initialism.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
奧茲 /奥兹
(Àozī)
— a fictional place
