Yaz
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Yaz is the nickname of:
Yaz may also refer to:
in popular culture
- Carl YastrzemskiCarl YastrzemskiCarl Michael Yastrzemski is a former American Major League Baseball left fielder and first baseman. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year baseball career with the Boston Red Sox . He was primarily a left fielder, with part of his later career...
, a long-time member of the Boston Red SoxBoston Red SoxThe Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...
and a current member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Yaz may also refer to:
- Yaz cultureYaz cultureThe Yaz culture is an early Iron Age culture of Bactria and Margiana . It has been regarded as a likely archaeological reflection of early East Iranian culture as described in the Avesta. So far, no burials related to the culture have been found, and this was taken as evidence of the Zoroastrian...
- YAZ, the IATA code for Tofino AirportTofino AirportTofino/Long Beach Airport, , is located southeast of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada.It is used by private and small commercial planes. Coastal fog is a common morning phenomenon in the summer, complicating access by air until the weather clears. Several IFR approaches are available including GPS...
in Tofino, British Columbia, Canada - Yaz, a brand of oral hormonal contraceptive containing drospirenoneDrospirenoneDrospirenone is an anti-androgenic synthetic progestin that is typically used in birth control. There have been concerns raised regarding its safety and is thus not recommended as a first line agent.- Medical uses :...
that may also be used to treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
in popular culture
- Yazoo (band)Yazoo (band)Yazoo are a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s...
, an English electropop band (known as Yaz in the U.S.) - Yaz Pistachio, a female character from the comic strip Bloom County
See also
- YazzYazzYazz is a British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records were credited to Yazz & The Plastic Population...
, a pseudonym used by Yasmin Evans, an English female singer famous during the late 1980s - YAZ, a programmers’ toolkit supporting the development of Z39.50Z39.50Z39.50 is a client–server protocol for searching and retrieving information from remote computer databases. It is covered by ANSI/NISO standard Z39.50, and ISO standard 23950. The standard's maintenance agency is the Library of Congress....
/ SRW / SRUSearch/Retrieve via URLSearch/Retrieve via URL is a standard search protocol for Internet search queries, utilizing Contextual Query Language , a standard query syntax for representing queries.-External links:* at Library of Congress...
clients and servers.