ZAR

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zar"

Translingual

Etymology 1

From Dutch Zuid-Afrikaanse rand.

Symbol

ZAR

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

Etymology 2

Symbol

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

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

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

ZAR

1. (historical) South African Republic

Anagrams

• Raz