Taz
# 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 Slovakian 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", the gene for muscle protein 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 Dungeons & Dragons podcast

## Acronyms

* Traffic analysis zone, a unit in transportation planning models
