Zou or ZOU may refer to:

Places

Zou (state) Zou (), originally Zhu () or Zhulou (), was a minor state that existed during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China. p. 144 History King Wu of Zhou granted Cao Xie (曹挾) control of the small state of Zhu as a vassal ruler under the State of Lu with ...

, Chinese state that existed during the Zhou Dynasty *

Zou, Ivory Coast Zou is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Bangolo Department in Guémon Region, Montagnes District. Zou was a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other de ...

, town and sub-prefecture in Ivory Coast *

Zou Department Zou is one of the twelve departments of Benin, named for the Zou River which travels through the department before emptying into the Atlantic in the south of the country. The department of Zou was split in two in 1999, with the northern territory ...

of Benin *

Zou River The Zou is a river of south-western Benin. It drains into the Ouémé River. The river banks are inhabited in parts by the Mahi people near the Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in Wes ...

of Benin *

Zoucheng Zoucheng () is a county-level city in the south of Shandong province, China. Before it became a city, it was known as Zou County or Zouxian. Zoucheng is located about 20 km south of the city of Qufu, and like Qufu, is administratively under ...

, formerly Zou County, in Jining, Shandong, China

Other uses

Zou (surname) Zou () is the 67th most common Chinese surname, which originated from the state of Zou of the Spring and Autumn period in ancient China. Depending on Chinese variety, Zou can be transliterated as Chow, Chau, Tsau, Trau, Tsou or Chew. It is the 3 ...

(邹), a Chinese surname * ''Zou'' (TV series), a French animated television series *

Zou people The Zou people ( my, ဇိုလူမျိုး; also spelled Yo or Yaw or Jo or Jou ) are an indigenous community living along the frontier of India and Burma, they are a sub-group of the Zo people (Mizo-Kuki-Chin). In India, they live ...

, indigenous community living along Indo-Burma frontier *

Zimbabwe Open University Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) is an open distance education university in Zimbabwe. Established in 1999,