ZAR

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "zar"

Translingual[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch Zuid-Afrikaanse rand.

Symbol[edit]

ZAR

  1. (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the South African rand.

Etymology 2[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ZAR

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Zaire from 1974 to 1997.
    Synonyms: ZR (alpha-2 1974–1997), COD (1997–present, as the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage notes[edit]

The code was deprecated in favour of COD on the renaming of the country to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Initialism of Afrikaans or Dutch Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, "South African Republic".

Proper noun[edit]

ZAR

  1. (historical) South African Republic

Anagrams[edit]

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