zoological park
An abbreviated (or shortened) word for advertisement is 'ad'.
The word for a shortened form of a word is called a "contraction."
zoo's
zoo's
A contraction is a shortened word. Examples include I'll instead of I will and don't instead of do not. An abbreviation is also a shortened word. Examples include St. for street and Mon. for Monday.
Utility
it is shortened word of "the"
The word zoo is an abbreviation of the terms "zoological garden", which refers to "zoology", the study of animals. This word comes from two Greek words, ("zwo" meaning "animal" and "logos" meaning "study") zoology. It was first changed into the abbreviated form, "Zoo" when referring to the "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London, they often shortened the name to "London Zoological Gardens", or the "London Zoo" which was first opened to the public in 1847, and the abbreviation "zoo" was printed about the same time. But it took a song to make the term really popular, "Walking in the Zoo on Sunday". For more details, please see the site listed below.
The word gym is the shortened word of 'gymnasium'
The word zoo in Irish is zú.
'Ite' in a text message is a shortened word for alright. As in how are you?:)
Depending on how you are referring to the word there are a couple of different definitions. It can either be the shortened word for a vehicle transmission, or it can be the shortened form of the word transvestites.