Paz

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Pas or PAZ may refer to:

Places

  • Paz, Croatia, a village and castle ruin in Istria, Croatia
  • Pads, Iran or Faz, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Organisations

  • Pavlovo Bus Factory or Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod, a Russian bus company
  • Paz Oil Company, an Israeli fuel company
  • El Tajín National Airport's IATA code

People with the surname

Paz is a surname with Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew origins. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word “paz” translates to “peace”, while in Hebrew (פָּז) it roughly translates to “gold” or “fine gold”.

  • José María Paz (1791–1854), Argentine soldier
  • José C. Paz (1842–1912), Argentine politician
  • Luis Paz (1854–1920), Bolivian jurist
  • Víctor Paz Estenssoro (1907-2001), Bolivian politician
  • Octavio Paz (1914–1998), Mexican writer and Nobel Prize winner
  • María Inmaculada Paz-Andrade (1928–2022), Spanish physicist
  • Pilar Paz Pasamar (1932–2019), Spanish poet and writer
  • Rodrigo Paz (1933–2021), Ecuadorian politician
  • Jaime Paz Zamora (born 1939), Bolivian politician
  • Rubén Paz (born 1959), Uruguayan former association football player
  • Milagros Paz (born 1962), Venezuelan journalist and politician
  • Vinny Paz (born 1962), American former boxer
  • Mercedes Paz (born 1966), Argentine former professional tennis player
  • Rodrigo Paz Pereira (born 1967), Bolivian politician
  • Lorna Paz (born 1970), Colombian actress
  • Bárbara Paz (born 1974), Brazilian actress
  • Vinnie Paz (born 1977), Italian-American rapper in the group Jedi Mind Tricks
  • Or Paz (born 1988), Israeli comedian
  • Pedro Paz (born 1994), Portuguese footballer
  • Samera Paz (born 1994), American artist
  • Bruno Paz (born 1998), Portuguese footballer

People with the given name

Paz is a female given name, a short form of Spanish María de la Paz or Portuguese Maria da Paz.

Fictional

  • Paz Ortega Andrade, a character in the Metal Gear series

Other uses

See also

  • La Paz (disambiguation)
  • MV Doña Paz, a Philippine ferry
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