# Oz

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'''Oz''' or '''OZ''' may refer to:

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==Arts and entertainment==
* [Land of Oz](/source/Land_of_Oz), the setting for many of L. Frank Baum's novels

===Fictional characters and entities===
* [Oz (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'')](/source/Oz_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)), a character from the TV series
* [Oz (''One Piece'')](/source/Oz_(One_Piece)), a manga character
* [OZ (Ultimate Marvel)](/source/OZ_(Ultimate_Marvel)), a mutagen
* OZ, a virtual world, virtual reality in the movie ''[Summer Wars](/source/Summer_Wars)''
* [Leonard "Oz" Osbourne](/source/Leonard_%22Oz%22_Osbourne), a Geordie bricklayer in British TV series ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', played by Jimmy Nail
* [Chris Ostreicher](/source/Chris_Ostreicher), a character in the ''American Pie'' film series
* Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, a character in the comedy film, ''[The Whole Nine Yards](/source/The_Whole_Nine_Yards_(film))'' and its sequel, ''[The Whole Ten Yards](/source/The_Whole_Ten_Yards)''.
* Organization of the Zodiac, or Oz, an organization in the anime series ''[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing](/source/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_Wing)''
* Oz Vessalius, a protagonist in the manga ''[Pandora Hearts](/source/Pandora_Hearts)''
* Oz, a playable character in ''[Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare](/source/Call_of_Duty%3A_Advanced_Warfare)'''s Exo Zombies mode
* [Wizard of Oz (character)](/source/Wizard_of_Oz_(character)), often known simply as "Oz"

=== Comics ===
* [''Oz'' (comics)](/source/Oz_(comics)), a comic book series based on ''The Wizard of Oz''
* [''Oz'' (Judge Dredd story)](/source/Oz_(Judge_Dredd_story)), a mini-series
* ''Oz'', a [''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' comic](/source/List_of_Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_comics)
* ''Oz'', a manga by [Natsumi Itsuki](/source/Natsumi_Itsuki)

=== Music ===
* [Oz (band)](/source/Oz_(band)), a Finnish heavy metal band
* [Carmen Maki & Oz](/source/Carmen_Maki_%26_Oz), a Japanese rock band
* [''Oz'' (album)](/source/Oz_(album)), by Missy Higgins, 2014
* [''Oz'' (soundtrack)](/source/Oz_(soundtrack)), the soundtrack for the HBO television series
* ''[FZ:OZ](/source/FZ%3AOZ)'', an album by Frank Zappa
* "Oz", a song by Two Hours Traffic from [their self-titled debut album](/source/Two_Hours_Traffic_(album))

===Publications===
* [''Oz'' (magazine)](/source/Oz_(magazine)) (1963–1973), Australia/UK underground satire magazine
* The Oz, a nickname for the newspaper ''[The Australian](/source/The_Australian)''
* [OZ (radio amateur magazine)](/source/OZ_(radio_amateur_magazine)), a Danish radio amateur magazine published by [Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører](/source/Experimenterende_Danske_Radioamat%C3%B8rer)
* [Liber OZ](/source/Liber_OZ), the Rights of Man.
* ''[Ozwords](/source/Ozwords)'' (1994–2019), newsletter from the Australian National Dictionary Centre, Canberra

===Other arts and entertainment===
* [''Oz'' (1976 film)](/source/Oz_(1976_film)), an Australian rock music update of ''The Wizard of Oz''
* [''Oz'' (TV series)](/source/Oz_(TV_series)), an HBO-produced prison drama, aired 1997–2003
* ''[Oz: Into the Wild](/source/Oz%3A_Into_the_Wild)'', a 2002 novel featuring ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' character Oz
* ''[OZ - Over Zenith](/source/OZ_-_Over_Zenith)'', a 2005 game for the PlayStation 2
* ''[The Dr. Oz Show](/source/The_Dr._Oz_Show)'', a daytime television series hosted by Mehmet Oz, aired 2009–2022
* ''[Oz the Great and Powerful](/source/Oz_the_Great_and_Powerful)'', a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi

==Businesses and organizations==
* [OZ Group](/source/OZ_Group), an Italian wheel manufacturer
* [OZ Minerals](/source/OZ_Minerals), an Australian mining company
* [Circus Oz](/source/Circus_Oz), an Australian circus group
* [The Oz Film Manufacturing Company](/source/The_Oz_Film_Manufacturing_Company), an independent film studio from 1914 to 1915, co-founded by L. Frank Baum
* [CHOZ-FM](/source/CHOZ-FM), a Canadian radio station based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, known as OZ FM
* [Asiana Airlines](/source/Asiana_Airlines) (IATA code OZ since 1988)
* [Ozark Air Lines](/source/Ozark_Air_Lines) (IATA code OZ until 1986)

==People==
* [Oz (surname)](/source/Oz_(surname)), a list of people
* [Oz (given name)](/source/Oz_(given_name)), a list of people with either the given name or nickname
* [Oz (record producer)](/source/Oz_(record_producer)), a Swiss record producer
* [Oz Fox](/source/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](/source/Kevin_Nash) (born 1959), American semi-retired professional wrestler

==Places==
* A nickname for Australia; see [Name of Australia](/source/Name_of_Australia)
* [Oz, Isère](/source/Oz%2C_Is%C3%A8re), a town and ''commune'' in France
* [Oz, Kentucky](/source/Oz%2C_Kentucky), an unincorporated community
* [Oz Park](/source/Oz_Park), a public park in Chicago
* A nickname for [Oswego, New York](/source/Oswego%2C_New_York)

===Extraterrestrial===
* [Oz Terra](/source/Oz_Terra), a highland region on Pluto's moon Charon

==Science and technology==
* [Ounce](/source/Ounce), abbreviated oz., referring to several units of measure
* [Oz (programming language)](/source/Oz_(programming_language))
* .oz, a former [MHSnet](/source/MHSnet) domain
* .oz, an [OpenNIC](/source/OpenNIC) hosted Top-level domain
* [OZ Virtual](/source/OZ_Virtual), a 3D world viewer
* Oz: an EEG electrode site according to the [10-20 system](/source/10-20_system_(EEG))

== Other uses ==
* [Oz Brigade](/source/Oz_Brigade), an Israel Defense Forces commando brigade
* [Congregation Ohab Zedek](/source/Congregation_Ohab_Zedek), a Manhattan synagogue sometimes abbreviated OZ

==See also==
* [Ornstein–Zernike equation](/source/Ornstein%E2%80%93Zernike_equation), in statistical mechanics
* [O2 (disambiguation)](/source/O2_(disambiguation))
* [OS (disambiguation)](/source/OS_(disambiguation))
* {{look from|Oz}}
* {{in title|Oz}}

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