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Translingual
Etymology 1
From Dutch Zuid-Afrikaanse rand.
Symbol
ZAR
- (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the South African rand.
Etymology 2
Symbol
ZAR
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Zaire from 1974 to 1997.
- Synonyms: ZR (alpha-2 1974–1997), COD (1997–present, as the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Usage notes
The code was deprecated in favour of COD on the renaming of the country to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
English
Etymology
Initialism of Afrikaans or Dutch Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, "South African Republic".
Proper noun
ZAR
- (historical) South African Republic
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