- ZAD stands for Zone d’Aménagement Différé (French: Deferred Development Zone)
- ZAD stands for Zadar, Croatia (Airport Code)
- ZAD stands for Zoning Administration Division (Fairfax County, VA)
- ZAD stands for Zutphen Apeldoorn Deventer (German region)
- ZAD stands for Zanzibar Association of the Disabled (Africa)
- ZAD stands for Zagrebacko Arhivisticko Drustvo (Croatian: Zagreb Archival Society; est. 1998)
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