Taz

Taz or TAZ may refer to:

Geography

• Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia
• Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia

People

• Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia
  • Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by the Taz people
• Taz Anderson (1938–2016), American football player
• Taz Bentley, American rock drummer
• Taz (singer), a British Indian singer
• TaZ (born 1986), nickname of Wiktor Wojtas, Polish Counter-Strike player
• Taz (wrestler) (born 1967), ring name of pro wrestler Peter Senerchia
• Taz, Rabbi David HaLevi Segal, author of Turei Zahav

Companies

• Tata Ace Zip, a micro-truck built by Tata Motors in India
• Trnavské automobilové závody, a Slovak car manufacturer
• Tvornica Autobusa Zagreb, a Croatian bus and truck manufacturer

Science

• TAZ zinc finger, zinc-containing domains found in several transcriptional co-activators
• TAZ, a previous symbol for the gene for muscle protein tafazzin. The current symbol in TAFAZZIN
• TAZ, a transcription regulator protein encoded by the gene WWTR1

Video games

• Taz Express, 2000 video game for the Nintendo 64
• Taz (video game), for the Atari 2600

Other uses

• Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes), a cartoon character
• Die Tageszeitung, known as taz, a German daily newspaper
• Temporary Autonomous Zone, a 1985 book by Hakim Bey
• TAZ 90 (camouflage), Swiss military camouflage
• "T.A.Z.", a song by Black Label Society from their debut album Sonic Brew
• The Adventure Zone, a comedy roleplaying podcast

Acronyms

• Traffic analysis zone, a unit in transportation planning models

See also

• TAS (disambiguation)