Paz

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Paz or PAZ may refer to:

• Paz, female given Spanish name
• Paz, male given Portuguese name
• Paz, Spanish surname of

Paz also means peace in Spanish Galician origin

People

• José C. Paz (1842–1912), Argentine statesman, diplomat and journalist
• Octavio Paz (1914–1998), Mexican writer and Nobel Prize winner
• Lorna Paz (born 1970), Colombian actress
• Mercedes Paz (born 1966), Argentine former professional tennis player
• Rubén Paz (born 1959), Uruguayan former association football player
• Vinnie Paz (born 1977), Italian-American rapper in the group Jedi Mind Tricks
• Vinny Paz (born 1962), former American boxer
• Paz Lenchantin (born 1973), Argentine-American musician of French descent
• Paz Vega (born 1976), Spanish actress
• Paz de la Huerta (born 1984), American actress and model

Places

• Paz, Croatia, a village and ruinous castle in Istria, Croatia
• Faz, Iran (also known as Pāz), a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Organisations

• Pavlovo Bus Factory (Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod)
• Permanent autonomous zone, a community that is autonomous from the generally recognized government
• El Tajín National Airport (IATA code), an airport in Mexico
• Paz Oil Company, an Israeli fuel company

Journals

• Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung, a German conservative weekly

Characters

• Paz the Penguin, the mascot for the Ready Set Learn block from 2003–2010
  • Paz the Penguin, the character of The Paz Show
• Paz, a character in the Ghost in the Shell series
• Paz Ortega Andrade, a character in the Metal Gear series

See also

• La Paz (disambiguation)