| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | z z |
| NOUN: | An ancient Hebrew silver coin. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Mishnaic Hebrew zûz, from Aramaic, from Akkadian z zu, half, division, unit of weight, from zâzu, to divide. See w 2 in Appendix II.
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