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oz. is a common abbreviation for ounce, referring to several units of measure.

Oz or OZ may also refer to:

The Oz series of books created by L. Frank Baum (see List of Oz books)
- Land of Oz, the setting for many of L. Frank Baum's novels
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), the first book in the series

Oz (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a character from the TV series
Oz (One Piece), a manga character
OZ (Ultimate Marvel), a mutagen
OZ, a virtual world, virtual reality in the movie, Summer Wars
Leonard "Oz" Osbourne, a Geordie bricklayer in British TV series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, played by Jimmy Nail
Chris Ostreicher, a character in the American Pie film series
Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky, a character in the comedy film, The Whole Nine Yards and its sequel, The Whole Ten Yards.
Organization of the Zodiac, or Oz, an organization in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Oz Vessalius, a protagonist in the manga Pandora Hearts
Oz, a playable character in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's Exo Zombies mode
Wizard of Oz (character), often known simply as "Oz"

Oz (magazine), an Australia/UK underground satire magazine published from 1963 to 1973
The Oz, a nickname for the newspaper The Australian
OZ (radio amateur magazine) - Danish radio amateur magazine published by Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører.

Oz (TV series), an HBO-produced prison drama
Oz (1976 film), an Australian update of The Wizard of Oz
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013 film), a 2013 American fantasy adventure film
OZ - Over Zenith, a game for the PlayStation 2
Oz: Into the Wild, a novel featuring the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Oz

OZ Group, an Italian wheel manufacturer
OZ Minerals, an Australian mining company
Circus Oz, an Australian circus group
The Oz Film Manufacturing Company, an independent film studio from 1914 to 1915, co-founded by L. Frank Baum
CHOZ-FM, a Canadian radio station based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, known as OZ FM
Asiana Airlines (IATA code OZ since 1988)
Ozark Air Lines (IATA code OZ until 1986)

Oz (surname), a list of people
Oz (given name), a list of people with either the given name or nickname
O. Z. Whitehead (1911–1998), American character actor
Oz Fox (born 1961), stage name of Richard Alfonso Martinez, lead guitarist of the Christian glam metal band Stryper
Oz, ring name of Kevin Nash (born 1959), American semi-retired professional wrestler
Oz, stage name of Rylan Durham as a rapper of Part-Timers. Local to New Mexico with two other rappers, A.Z.O.T.H. (Kyree Posey) and Azimuth Rane (Hunter Duquette)
Frank Oz, American puppeteer, filmmaker and actor.

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 ==Arts and entertainment==
-* [[Land of Oz]], the setting for many of L. Frank Baum's novels
+* The ''Oz'' series of books created by [[L. Frank Baum]] (see [[List of Oz books]])
+** [[Land of Oz]], the setting for many of L. Frank Baum's novels
+** ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' (1900), the first book in the series
 ===Fictional characters and entities===