Zed is the British name for the letter Z.
(noun)An example of zed is the common map book used in London called the A to Z, pronounced a to zed.
See zed in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < MFr zede < LL zeta < Gr zēta
See zed in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French zede
Origin: , from Late Latin zēta, zeta
Origin: , from Greek; see zeta
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