Standard Lemma guide

ZA

article · intj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ziː/
  • /zʌ/
  • unstressed: /zə/
  • rhymes with -iː
  • rhymes with -ʌ
  • General-American: /zæ˧˥/
  • General-American: /zə˧˥/
  • General-American: /zɑ˧˥/
  • /zɑː/
  • rhymes with -ɑː

1

article

Meaning 1

Nonstandard spelling of the, mimicking foreign accents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, nonstandard

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ze

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

An expression of surprise or confusion; compare wha, huh, eh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of zinc-aluminium (alloy).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Pizza.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, countable, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Exotic marijuana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doja, doobage, dope, endo, gage, ganja, ganj, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, Mary Jane, MJ, marihoochie, marijuana, Mary Joanna, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, puff, reefer, sens, sensimillia, sensimilla, shit, sweetleaf, tea, Texas tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From an apheretic pronunciation of wossat or (directly) of what's that.

Shortened from pizza.

From an apheretic pronunciation of exotic. Compare zaza (“exotic marijuana”).