Aphabetic letter pairs in words

ZD - Samizdat

ZE: zealot.

ZF - Buzzfest

ZG - Zgornja

ZH = Alzheimer’s

ZI- zigzag

ZJ - muzjik

ZK = buzzkill

ZL: nozzle.

ZM: Hazmat

ZN = kibbutznik

ZO: Zoology

ZP: chutzpah

ZQ: mezquital - used in English in the name of the Tamaulipan mezquital region. The region is named for the trees that grow there, as taken from the Spanish for mesquite (mezquite) which in turn is from the Nāhuatl term mizquitl.

After reading the rules on page one, which make no preference to English language but do indicate specifically that place names should be avoided, change that to-

ZQ- mezquite (especies botánicas de leguminosas del género Prosopis)

ZR = Ezra

ZS: Britzska

ZT = Gewürztraminer

a variety of grape used in making white wine

ZU - mezuzah
(a piece of parchment inscribed with a certain Jewish prayer)

(I didn’t notice this thread until just now and barely made it in before ZZ!)

ZV = bar mitzvah