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Oz 1
(ŏz)n.
An unreal, magical, often bizarre place: regarded New York City as the Oz of the Northeast.
[After the fantasy land Oz, created by L. Frank Baum in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and other novels.]
Oz 2
(ŏz)n. Slang
Australia.
[Alteration of Aus(tralian).]
oz
also oz.abbr.
ounce
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oz
oroz.
abbreviation for
(Units) ounce
[from Italian onza]
Oz
(ɒz)n
slang Austral Australia
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oz.
ounce.
[abbr. of Italian onza]
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