ZAD
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ZAD. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ZAD, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ZAD in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ZAD you have here. The definition of the word ZAD will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofZAD, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ZAD, short for zone à défendre (“zone to defend”).
Noun
ZAD (plural ZADs)
- A militant open-air demonstration in the form of a defended squat.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
A play on zone d’aménagement différé (“deferred development area”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ZAD f (plural ZAD)
- Acronym of zone à défendre (“zone to defend”).
- 2022 November 22, Rémi Barroux, “De la ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes à la lutte contre les mégabassines à Sainte-Soline, une même détermination des militants”, in Le Monde.fr:
- Ce samedi 19 novembre, au cœur de la ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes, la zone à défendre, les participants au banquet organisé pour fêter le dixième anniversaire de la manifestation de réoccupation des lieux, le 17 novembre 2012, clament leur solidarité avec la lutte contre les mégabassines dans les Deux-Sèvres.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2023 January 11, Cécile Boutelet, “En Allemagne, la police a commencé à évacuer la ZAD de Lützerath”, in Le Monde.fr:
- En Allemagne, la police a commencé à évacuer la ZAD de Lützerath [title]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)