CZ
Abbreviation with 3 meanings
| Stands for | China Southern Airlines |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 3 |
| Categories | Transportation & Travel, Geography & Places |
CZ has three meanings. The most common are China Southern Airlines (airline code) and Czechia (country code); it can also stand for Canal Zone.
Meanings of CZ at a glance
| # | CZ stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Southern Airlines | Transportation & Travel › Airline Code |
| 2 | Czechia | Geography & Places › Country Code |
| 3 | Canal Zone | Geography & Places › US Territory and Military Mail |
1. China Southern Airlines
Transportation & Travel · Airline Code Abbreviations
China's largest airline by fleet size, based in Guangzhou, and one of China's "big three" carriers. It left SkyTeam in 2019.
Example: CZ 328 from Los Angeles to Guangzhou continues on to many Southeast Asian cities.
ICAO code CSN; callsign "China Southern." Its logo is a red kapok flower, the symbol of Guangzhou. China Southern was among the first Chinese airlines to operate the Airbus A380.
2. Czechia
Geography & Places · Country Code Abbreviations
Czechia, with Prague as its capital and CZE as its alpha-3 code, registered that short name with the United Nations in 2016 alongside the formal Czech Republic.
Example: Czech IBANs begin with CZ and contain 24 characters.
Before 1993 the code CS covered Czechoslovakia. The language code for Czech is cs, not cz, a frequent error in website language settings. In US postal history CZ meant the Panama Canal Zone.
3. Canal Zone
Geography & Places · US Territory and Military Mail Abbreviations
Former USPS abbreviation for the Panama Canal Zone, a strip about 10 miles wide across Panama administered by the United States from 1904 until it was abolished in 1979 under the Torrijos-Carter Treaties. Stamp collectors still see CZ on postmarks and covers.
Example: The envelope was addressed to Balboa Heights, CZ, and postmarked 1962.
Today CZ is the ISO country code for Czechia. Control of the canal itself passed fully to Panama on December 31, 1999.
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