Zaza may refer to:

Ethnic group

Zazas The Zazas (also known as Kird, Kirmanc or Dimili) are a people in eastern Turkey who traditionally speak the Zaza language, a western Iranian language written in the Latin script. Their heartland consists of Tunceli and Bingöl provinces and p ...

, a group of people in eastern Anatolia (southeastern Turkey) *

Zaza–Gorani languages Zaza–Gorani is a linguistic subgroup of Northwestern Iranian languages. They are usually classified as a non-Kurdish branch of the Northwestern Iranian languages but most of their speakers consider themselves ethnic Kurds. The Zaza–Gorani la ...

, Indo-Iranian languages **

Zaza language Zaza or Zazaki (), is an Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey by the Zazas. The language is a part of the Zaza–Gorani language group of the northwestern group of the Iranian branch. The glossonym Zaza originated as a pejorati ...

, spoken by the Zazas

People

Given name

Zaza Sor. Aree WPMF World Champion 48 kg (Thailand) WPMF World Champion 50 kg (Japan) E-1 World Champion WMC 52 kg (Hong Kong) Zaza Sor. Aree ( th, ซาซ่า ศ.อารีย์), real name Angsana Kamhanphol ( th, อังศน� ...

(born 1993), Thai kickboxer *

Zaza Burchuladze Zaza Burchuladze ( ka, ზაზა ბურჭულაძე) (born 9 September 1973 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a contemporary postmodern Georgian novelist and dramatist. Currently, he lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Biography Zaza Burch ...

(born 1973), Georgian novelist and dramatist *

Zaza Chelidze Zaza Chelidze ( ka, ზაზა ჭელიძე; born 12 January 1987) is a Georgia (country), Georgian professional Association football, football player. External links * *Profile at Torpedo Kutaisi website
1987 births Living peopl ...

(born 1987), Georgian football player *

Zaza Chkhaidze Zaza Chkhaidze ( ka, ზაზა ჩხაიძე; born 25 October 1974) is a Georgian major general (2019), who has served as Deputy Chief of Georgian Defense Forces since 20 December 2018. He also was Chief of General Staff of Georgian Defen ...

(born 1974), Georgian major general *

Zaza Eloshvili Zaza Eloshvili ( ka, ზაზა ელოშვილი; russian: Заза Элошвили sometimes referred to with the surname Eloev, ელოევი. (16 October 1964 – 5 January 2001) was a Georgian footballer who played as a defe ...

(1964–2001), Georgian footballer *

Zaza Enden Zaza Enden (born Zaza Eladze on 28 May 1976 in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (present Georgia) is a professional wrestler and a Turkish professional basketball player of Georgian descent. He is 2.06 m tall and weig ...

(born 1976), Turkish professional wrestler *

Zaza Gogava Zaza Gogava ( ka, ზაზა გოგავა; born July 14, 1971) is a Georgian Major General. He served as a Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia from November 2006 to November 2008 and the chief of Border Police from Nov ...

(born 1971), Georgian Major General *

Zaza Gorozia Zaza Gorozia ( ka, ზაზა გოროზია (born February 11, 1975) is a Georgian politician and the current governor of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. He served as the country's Minister of Agriculture from October 20, 2011

(born 1975), Georgian politician *

Zaza Harvey Ervin King "Zaza" Harvey (January 5, 1879 – June 3, 1954) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1900 to 1902 for the Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, and Cleveland Bronchos. Pro career Zaza Harvey made his professional ...

(1879–1954), American baseball player *

Zaza Janashia Zaza Janashia ( ka, ზაზა ჯანაშია; born 10 February 1976) is a retired Georgian professional football player. Currently, Janashia works in children's sports school " Lokomotiv-Perovo" in Moscow. Career In Lokomotiv's 1998– ...

(born 1976), Georgian footballer *

Zaza Kedelashvili Zaza Kedelashvili (Georgian: ზაზა კედელაშვილი; born 12 November 1983) is a Georgian former judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wres ...

(born 1985), Georgian judoka * Zaza Kolelishvili (born 1957), Georgian actor, film director and artist *

Zaza Korinteli Zaza Korinteli ( ka, ზაზა კორინთელი) (born 29 December 1973), better known by his stage name Zumba, is a Georgian rock musician, folklorist and civic activist. His music fuses a wide variety of genres, principally Geor ...

(aka Zumba; born 1973), Georgian rock musician, folklorist and civic activist *

ZaZa Maree Anastasia Malaguti, better known by her stage name, ZaZa Maree, is an American singer, songwriter and music producer. Music career Malaguti began her music career at the age of 14, when she created the rap-pop duo Cash & ZaZa with former The ...

(born 1997), American singer-songwriter *

Zaza Nadiradze Zaza Nadiradze ( ka, ზაზა ნადირაძე) (born 2 September 1993) is a Georgian sprint canoeist. He competed in the men's C-1 200 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Ve ...

(born 1993), Georgian canoeist * Zaza Navrozashvili (born 1992), Georgian rugby player * Zaza Okuashvili (born 1963), Georgian businessman, politician and philanthropist *

Zaza Pachulia Zaza Pachulia ( ka, ზაზა ფაჩულია; born Zaur Pachulia; February 10, 1984) is a Georgian professional basketball executive and former player who is a basketball operations consultant for the Golden State Warriors of the Nati ...

(born 1984), Georgian NBA basketball player *

Zaza Panaskerteli-Tsitsishvili Zaza Panaskerteli-Tsitsishvili ( ka, ზაზა ფანასკერტელ-ციციშვილი) was a 15th-century Georgian prince, politician, and man of letters known for his compendia of medical arts ''Karabadini'' (''Book of Me ...

(fl. 15th-century), Georgian prince, politician, and intellectual *

Zaza Revishvili Zaza Revishvili ( ka, ზაზა რევიშვილი; born 23 September 1968) is a former Georgian professional football player. He was the captain of FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1991–1992). Honours * European Champion U17: 1985 * Umaglesi ...

(born 1968), Georgian footballer *

Zaza Rusadze Zaza Rusadze ( ka, ზაზა რუსაძე; born 24 May 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a film-maker, who lives in Tbilisi and Berlin, Germany. He is a member of the Georgian artists group Goslab. Career From 1989 to 1994, in his teenager ...

(born 1977), Georgian filmmaker *

Zaza Sikharulidze Zaza Sikharulidze (born 18 April 1960) is a Georgian politician, poet, publicist, attorney and academic. He is one of the leaders of the National Liberation Movement and is involved in civil society. He is the founder of the non-governmental movemen ...

(born 1960), Georgian politician *

Zaza Tavadze Zaza Tavadze (Georgian: ზაზა თავაძე, born 9 February 1975) is a former chairman of the Constitutional Court of Georgia elected by the Plenum of the Constitutional Court on October 20, 2016. From 2010 until 2016 he held the po ...

(born 1975), Georgian politician *

Zaza Tkeshelashvili Zaza "Grom" Tkeshelashvili (Georgian: ზაზა ტყეშელაშვილი; born March 19, 1965) is a Georgian retired Freestyle wrestling Olympic competitor (100 kg) for Georgia in 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta and mixed martial ...

(born 1965), Georgian freestyle wrestler *

Zaza Tsotniashvili Dr. Zaza Tsotniashvili (Georgian: ზაზა ცოტნიაშვილი; born July 26, 1971) is the rector of Gori University in Gori, Georgia. Background Dr. Zaza Tsotniashvili was educated in Georgia at Tbilisi State University and T ...

(born 1971), Georgian rector of Gori University *

Zaza Turmanidze Zaza Turmanidze (born 1 April 1965) is a Georgian former wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centen ...

(born 1965), Georgian wrestler *

Zaza Tuschmalischvili Zaza Tuschmalischvili (born 15 May 1960 in Skra, Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: ...

(born 1960), Georgian painter *

Zaza Urushadze Zaza Urushadze ( ka, ზაზა ურუშაძე; 30 October 1965 — 7 December 2019) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Zaza Urushadze was a son of Ramaz Urushadze, a famous Soviet football goalkeeper. ...

(1965–2019), Georgian filmmaker *

Zaza Zazirov Zaza Dianozovych Zazirov (born April 25, 1972, in Gori, Georgian SSR) is a former Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Zaza Zirakishvili (born 1975), Georgian football player

Surname

Hend Zaza Hend Zaza ( ar, هند ظاظا; born 1 January 2009) is a Syrian table tennis player. She qualified to play in the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021 in Tokyo, through the West Asia Olympic qualifying tournament held in Jordan in 2020. At the age of ...

(born 2009), Syrian Olympic table tennis player *

Karim Zaza Karim Zaza (, ar, كريم زازا; born 9 January 1975) is a Moroccan former professional footballer and current goalkeeper coach of Vendsyssel FF. Born in Denmark to a Moroccan father and Danish mother, he established himself as one of the ...

(born 1975), Moroccan goalkeeper *

Michele Zaza Michele Zaza (; Procida, April 10, 1945 – Rome, July 18, 1994) was a member of the Camorra criminal organisation who was also initiated in the Sicilian Mafia. He headed the Zaza clan (later Mazzarella clan) in Naples. Zaza was known as ''’O Pa ...

(born 1945–1994), Italian businessman *

Neil Zaza Neil Zaza is an American guitarist known for his instrumental rock compositions as well as his adaptation of classical works by Bach and Mozart into his own blend of neo-classical, melodic, guitar instrumentals. Biography Neil Zaza was born in A ...

, American guitar player *

Paul Zaza Paul Zaza (born 1952) is a Canadian Genie Award-winning film score and songwriter who worked frequently with director Bob Clark and with fellow composer Carl Zittrer. He has composed scores for more than 100 films. Early life and education Origi ...

(1952), Canadian songwriter *

Shane Zaza Shane Zaza is a British actor. Biography He went to Headlands School in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire where he first started acting. He lived a short walk to his school and was a very active child. Shane appeared as the lead actor at ...

, British actor *

Simone Zaza Simone Zaza (born 25 June 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for club Torino. Zaza began his professional club career with Atalanta in 2008, where he remained for two seasons. In 2010, he moved t ...

(born 1991), Italian footballer *

Welington Zaza Wellington Zaza (born 20 January 1995) is a Liberian hurdler who specializes in the 110 meters hurdles and the 400 meters hurdles. Zaza is the African junior record holder in the 110 metres hurdles. He broke that record at the 2014 World Junior ...

(born 1995), Liberian athlete

Places

* Alto Zaza, a commune in Angola *

Zaza Reservoir Zaza Reservoir ( es, Embalse Zaza, La Presa Zaza) is the largest man-made reservoir in Cuba. It is located in the Sancti Spíritus Province in central Cuba, south-east of the city of Sancti-Spíritus and north-west of La Sierpe. It has a water ...

, a reservoir in Cuba *

Zaza, Rwanda Zaza is a community in Rwanda to the east of Lake Mugesera and about west of Kibungo. It is in the Ngoma District of the Eastern Province of Rwanda. The White Fathers founded a mission at Zaza in January 1902, where they taught the local people ...

, a community in Rwanda

Other uses

* A name that appears in the Bible, in the first of the

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2:33, meaning "belonging to all" or "plenty" * ''Zaza'' (play), written by French playwrights Pierre Berton and Charles Simon * ''Zaza'' (1915 film), a 1915 film directed by Edwin S. Porter * ''Zaza'' (1923 film), a 1923 film directed by Allan Dwan * ''Zaza'' (1939 film), a 1939 film directed by George Cukor * ''

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'', an album by the BulletBoys * ''

Zazà ''Zazà'' is an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo, with a libretto by the composer. The story concerns the French music hall singer, Zazà, and her affair and subsequent decision to leave her lover, Milio, when she discovers that he is married. The mu ...

'', a 1900 opera by

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* "Zaza", alias of the character Albin in '' La Cage aux Folles'' and its derivative works * Zaza Candy, a brand of kosher candy * A slang term for

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Zaza Zaza may refer to: Ethnic group * Zazas, a group of people in eastern Anatolia (southeastern Turkey) * Zaza–Gorani languages, Indo-Iranian languages ** Zaza language, spoken by the Zazas People Given name * Zaza Sor. Aree (born 1993), Thai k ...