{{wiktionary|-oz|-öz|Oz|oz|öz}} '''Oz''' or '''OZ''' may refer to:
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==Arts and entertainment== * Land of Oz, the setting for many of L. Frank Baum's novels
===Fictional characters and entities=== * Oz (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), a character from the TV series * Oz (''One Piece''), a manga character * OZ (Ultimate Marvel), a mutagen * OZ, a virtual world, virtual reality in the movie ''Summer Wars'' * Leonard "Oz" Osbourne, a Geordie bricklayer in British TV series ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', played by Jimmy Nail * Chris Ostreicher, a character in the ''American Pie'' film series * Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, a character in the comedy film, ''The Whole Nine Yards'' and its sequel, ''The Whole Ten Yards''. * Organization of the Zodiac, or Oz, an organization in the anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'' * Oz Vessalius, a protagonist in the manga ''Pandora Hearts'' * Oz, a playable character in ''Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'''s Exo Zombies mode * Wizard of Oz (character), often known simply as "Oz"
=== Comics === * ''Oz'' (comics), a comic book series based on ''The Wizard of Oz'' * ''Oz'' (Judge Dredd story), a mini-series * ''Oz'', a ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' comic * ''Oz'', a manga by Natsumi Itsuki
=== Music === * Oz (band), a Finnish heavy metal band * Carmen Maki & Oz, a Japanese rock band * ''Oz'' (album), by Missy Higgins, 2014 * ''Oz'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the HBO television series * ''FZ:OZ'', an album by Frank Zappa * "Oz", a song by Two Hours Traffic from their self-titled debut album
===Publications=== * ''Oz'' (magazine) (1963–1973), Australia/UK underground satire magazine * The Oz, a nickname for the newspaper ''The Australian'' * OZ (radio amateur magazine), a Danish radio amateur magazine published by Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører * Liber OZ, the Rights of Man. * ''Ozwords'' (1994–2019), newsletter from the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Canberra
===Other arts and entertainment=== * ''Oz'' (1976 film), an Australian rock music update of ''The Wizard of Oz'' * ''Oz'' (TV series), an HBO-produced prison drama, aired 1997–2003 * ''Oz: Into the Wild'', a 2002 novel featuring ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' character Oz * ''OZ - Over Zenith'', a 2005 game for the PlayStation 2 * ''The Dr. Oz Show'', a daytime television series hosted by Mehmet Oz, aired 2009–2022 * ''Oz the Great and Powerful'', a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi
==Businesses and organizations== * OZ Group, an Italian wheel manufacturer * OZ Minerals, an Australian mining company * Circus Oz, an Australian circus group * The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, an independent film studio from 1914 to 1915, co-founded by L. Frank Baum * CHOZ-FM, a Canadian radio station based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, known as OZ FM * Asiana Airlines (IATA code OZ since 1988) * Ozark Air Lines (IATA code OZ until 1986)
==People== * Oz (surname), a list of people * Oz (given name), a list of people with either the given name or nickname * Oz (record producer), a Swiss record producer * Oz Fox (born 1961), stage name of Richard Alfonso Martinez, lead guitarist of the Christian glam metal band Stryper * Oz, ring name of Kevin Nash (born 1959), American semi-retired professional wrestler
==Places== * A nickname for Australia; see Name of Australia * Oz, Isère, a town and ''commune'' in France * Oz, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Oz Park, a public park in Chicago * A nickname for Oswego, New York
===Extraterrestrial=== * Oz Terra, a highland region on Pluto's moon Charon
==Science and technology== * Ounce, abbreviated oz., referring to several units of measure * Oz (programming language) * .oz, a former MHSnet domain * .oz, an OpenNIC hosted Top-level domain * OZ Virtual, a 3D world viewer * Oz: an EEG electrode site according to the 10-20 system
== Other uses == * Oz Brigade, an Israel Defense Forces commando brigade * Congregation Ohab Zedek, a Manhattan synagogue sometimes abbreviated OZ
==See also== * Ornstein–Zernike equation, in statistical mechanics * O2 (disambiguation) * OS (disambiguation) * {{look from|Oz}} * {{in title|Oz}}
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