chaz
/t͡ʃæz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
name
A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte.
name
Acronym of Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in Seattle, Washington in 2020.
Example Sentences
- "Among demonstrators, "most people seem cautiously optimistic," one woman in the CHAZ told Insider. "I haven't seen any cops since they all left.""
- "US president Donald Trump has threatened to crush what he calls “ugly Anarchists”, who recently declared the inner Seattle suburb of Capitol Hill an “autonomous zone”, now known as CHAZ."
- "Insider's Isaac Scher reported the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, was set up along several blocks, where it created a space for tents, free food, art-making, and rallies around the city's abandoned East Precinct."
- "First known as Free Capitol Hill, then the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), and finally the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest or Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), the six-block area began to take shape on June 9, 2020, the day after police boarded up and abandoned the East Precinct."
- "The demonstrators tried to create an autonomous zone around the precincts, like CHAZ in Seattle. Police responded by declaring an “unlawful session,” KOIN reported."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /t͡ʃæz/