Taz or TAZ may refer to:

Geography

Taz (river) The Taz (russian: Таз) is a river located in western Siberia, has a length of and drains a basin estimated at . Its middle and lower course are located within Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, while its upper course borders with Krasnoyarsk Kra ...

, a river in western Siberia, Russia *

Taz Estuary The Taz Estuary (russian: Тазовская губа) is a long gulf formed by the Taz River. It consists of a roughly long estuary that begins in the area of the settlement of Tazovsky and ends in the Gulf of Ob, which is connected with th ...

, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia

People

Taz people The Taz (Russian: Таз, transliterated Taz; Taz dialect Тазы, transliterated Tǎzī) are a Tungusic and Chinese Mandarin Chinese-speaking people who primarily live in Russia. They formed in the 1890s, from intermarriages between Udege, ...

, an ethnic group in Russia **

Taz language Taz is a dialect of Northeastern Mandarin formerly spoken by the Taz people of the Russian Far East. There are a few loanwords from Tungusic languages, but no obvious Tungusic effect on the grammar. Taz is not a distinct language. In 1992, som ...

, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by the Taz people *

Taz Anderson Tazwell Leigh Anderson Jr. (November 15, 1938 – September 26, 2016) was an American football player who played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons. While a ...

(1938–2016), American football player * Taz Bentley, American rock drummer *

Taz (singer) Tarsame Singh Saini (23 May 1967 – 29 April 2022), also known as Taz Stereo Nation and previously Johnny Zee, was a British singer, composer and actor of Indian descent. He was the lead singer of the pop band Stereo Nation which was formed in ...

, a British Indian singer *

TaZ Taz or TAZ may refer to: Geography *Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia *Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia People * Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia ** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by ...

(born 1986), nickname of Wiktor Wojtas, Polish ''Counter-Strike'' player * Taz (wrestler) (born 1967), ring name of pro wrestler Peter Senerchia * Taz, Rabbi

David HaLevi Segal David ha-Levi Segal (c. 1586 – 20 February 1667), also known as the Turei Zahav (abbreviated Taz ()) after the title of his significant ''halakhic'' commentary on the ''Shulchan Aruch'', was one of the greatest Polish rabbinical authorities. ...

, author of ''Turei Zahav''

Companies

Tata Ace Zip The Tata Ace Zip is a micro-truck launched in May 2010 by Tata Motors in India. It is in competition with the prevalent three-wheeled goods carriers from Bajaj Auto, Piaggio, Mahindra and Force Motors. History After the run away success of Ta ...

, a micro-truck built by Tata Motors in India * Trnavské automobilové závody, a Slovakian car manufacturer *

Tvornica Autobusa Zagreb Tvornica Autobusa Zagreb (abbreviated as TAZ) was a Yugoslavian and Croatian bus and truck manufacturer, which had its headquarters in Dubrava, Zagreb. The company's most famous product was TAZ Dubrava 14. It became defunct in 2000. History Prod ...

, a Croatian bus and truck manufacturer

Science

* TAZ zinc finger, zinc-containing domains found in several transcriptional co-activators *"TAZ", the gene for muscle protein tafazzin *"TAZ", a transcription regulator protein encoded by the gene '' WWTR1''

Video games

*'' Taz Express'', a 2000 video game for the Nintendo 64 *''

Taz Taz or TAZ may refer to: Geography *Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia *Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia People * Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia ** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by ...

'', a 1983 video game for the Atari 2600 * '' Taz: Wanted'', a 2002 video game for the Nintendo GameCube, PC,

PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...

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Other uses

* Tasmanian Devil (''Looney Tunes''), a cartoon character *''

Die Tageszeitung ''Die Tageszeitung'' (, “The Daily Newspaper”), is counted as being one of modern Germany's most important newspapers and amongst the top seven. taz is stylized as ''die tageszeitung'' and commonly referred to as ''taz'', is a cooperative-own ...

'', known as ''taz'', a German daily newspaper *''

Temporary Autonomous Zone ''T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone'' is a book by the anarchist writer and poet Hakim Bey (Peter Lamborn Wilson) published in 1991 by Autonomedia and in 2011 by Pacific Publishing Studio (). It is composed of three sections, "Chaos: The Bro ...

'', a 1985 book by Hakim Bey *

TAZ 90 (camouflage) This is a list of military clothing camouflage patterns used for battledress A combat uniform, also called field uniform, battledress or military fatigues, is a casual type of uniform used by military, police, fire and other public uniform ...

, Swiss military camouflage *"T.A.Z.", a song by Black Label Society from their debut album ''

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The Adventure Zone ''The Adventure Zone'' is a weekly comedy and adventure actual play podcast based loosely upon the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game series, along with other role-playing games. The show is distributed by the Maximum Fun network and hosted by brother ...

'', a comedy ''Dungeons & Dragons'' podcast

Acronyms

Traffic analysis zone A traffic analysis zone or transportation analysis zone (TAZ) is the unit of geography most commonly used in conventional transportation planning models. The size of a zone varies, but for a typical metropolitan planning software, a zone of under 3, ...

, a unit in transportation planning models