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Chaz

US/t͡ʃæz/

Chaz proper noun: a diminutive of the male given name Charles.

Proper noun (1)

Chaz

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: CHAZ

CHAZ

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, historical) Acronym of Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in Seattle, Washington in 2020.
    • Among demonstrators, "most people seem cautiously optimistic," one woman in the CHAZ told Insider. "I haven't seen any cops since they all left."2020 June 10, Isaac Scher, “'It's reminiscent of Occupy': Protesters in Seattle have established a communal 'autonomous zone' to prove they don't need police”, in Insider
    • US president Donald Trump has threatened to crush what he calls “ugly Anarchists”, who recently declared the inner Seattle suburb of Capitol Hill an “autonomous zone”, now known as CHAZ.2020 June 12, Tom Coburg, “Trump and his far-right allies attack Seattle’s Capitol Hill autonomous zone”, in The Canary
    Synonyms:
    CHOP

Synonyms of Chaz

Origin of Chaz

From Chas.; Originally an abbreviation of Charles.

Words that rhyme with Chaz

4 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Chaz

What does Chaz mean?
Chaz means a diminutive of the male given name Charles.
What part of speech is Chaz?
Chaz is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Chaz?
Chaz is pronounced /t͡ʃæz/ (US).

Words near Chaz in the dictionary

  1. chayroots
  2. chays
  3. Chaytor
  4. Chaytors
  5. Chayuco
  6. Chaz
  7. Chazal
  8. Chazals
  9. chazan
  10. chazanic
  11. chazanim

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chaz (page history and authors); CHAZ (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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