ZAR
See also: Appendix:Variations of "zar"
Translingual
editEtymology 1
editFrom Dutch Zuid-Afrikaanse rand.
Symbol
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Etymology 2
editSymbol
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- (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
editThe code was deprecated in favour of COD on the renaming of the country to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
English
editEtymology
editInitialism of Afrikaans or Dutch Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, "South African Republic".
Proper noun
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