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aza

aza noun: a nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.

Noun

aza (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.
    • "However, aza N-atoms (~N=) have to be counted, if they replace methine groups in the chain."2003, Heinrich Zollinger, Color Chemistry, →ISBN, page 73

Proper noun (1) capitalized: AZA

AZA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Aza

Aza

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Gaza.

Origin of aza

Reborrowed from Hebrew עזה (`aza).

Words formed from aza

Phrases with aza

Questions about aza

What does aza mean?
Aza means a nitrogen atom substituted for a carbon atom within a ring.
What part of speech is aza?
Aza can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near aza in the dictionary

  1. Ayyám-i-Há
  2. ayʔaǰuθɛm
  3. az
  4. az-
  5. az.
  6. aza
  7. aza-
  8. azaacene
  9. azaacenes
  10. azaadamantane
  11. azaadamantanes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aza (page history and authors); AZA (page history and authors); Aza (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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