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Za  n.  (Min.) An old solfeggio name for B flat; the seventh harmonic, as heard in the or aeolian string; so called by Tartini. It was long considered a false, but is the true note of the chord of the flat seventh.






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"Za" Quotes from Famous Books



... January 2001, negotiations with rebel leaders led to the establishment of a Transitional Government in July 2003 with free elections scheduled to be held in NA 2005 election results: results of the last election were: MOBUTU Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga reelected president in ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... and goes over three miles to another widow lady's house, and mek bargain wid her," said Willis. "I pass right by de do'. Old boss sittin' on de pi—za. He say: 'Hey, boy, wheh you gwine?' I say: 'I 'cided to go.' I wuz de fo'man' o' de plow-han' den. I saw to all de looking up, and things like dat. He say: 'Hold on dere.' He come out to de gate. 'tell you what I give you to stay on here. I give you five acre of as good land as I got, and ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Georgia Narratives, Part 4 • Works Projects Administration

... bids me patient bear his loss, * Ne'er may mine ears accept the ruth he doled! I tricks their deme of me, and won my wish * Of Kamar al-Zaman's joys manifold: He joins all perfect gifts like none before, * Boasted such might and main no King of old: Seeing his gifts, Bin Za'idah's[FN315] largesse * Forget we, and Mu'awiyah mildest-soul'd:[FN316] Were verse not feeble and o'er short the time * I had in laud of him used ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

... mi'nor 36. American Goldfinch Spi'nus tris'tis. 37. Snowflake Plectrophe'nax niva'lis. 38. Vesper Sparrow Pooe'cetes gramin'eus. 39. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrich'ia albicol'lis. 40. Chipping Sparrow Spizel'la socia'lis. 41. Slate-colored Junco Jun'co hiema'lis. 42. Song Sparrow Melospi'za fascia'ta. 43. Towhee Bunting Pip'ilo erythrophthal'mus. 44. Cardinal Cardina'lis cardina'lis. 45. Rose-breasted Grosbeak Zamelo'dia ludovicia'na. 46. ...
— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues

... Cession of December 4, 1834, by Com-o-za's band of Pottawatomies, of a tract of two sections reserved for them on the Tippecanoe River by the treaty of October ...
— Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana • C. C. Royce

... "An excellent group," Za said. He stretched and reclined on a transparent slab. "The servants are unloading the vehicle. I captured a young male, a mature male, an aged male, some sort of official or guardian male, a mature ...
— Stopover Planet • Robert E. Gilbert

... Valle, is the big bridge, some fifty feet high and three hundred feet long, over a branch of the Spring Valley Wash; and here Red Butte becomes a prominent landmark on the right. This is known to the Havasupai Indians as Hue-ga-da-wi-za, the Mountain of the Clenched Fist, for this is its appearance when seen at certain angles. It is a remnant of the Permian sandstone that once covered the whole Grand Canyon region, and its brilliant ...
— The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It, • George Wharton James

... aid. Baby Fuzzy was saying, "Yeeek." When he turned it on again, Baby was saying, "Kukk-ina za zeeva." ...
— Little Fuzzy • Henry Beam Piper



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