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ap.

ap. is the abbreviation of apud.

Meaning of apud

Preposition

apud

  1. Used in scholarly works to cite a reference at second hand
    • Jones apud Smith means that the original source is Jones, but that the author is relying on Smith for that reference.

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Questions about ap.

What is ap. the abbreviation of?
Ap. is the abbreviation of apud.

Words near ap. in the dictionary

  1. Ap Lei Chau
  2. Ap Ma
  3. ap't
  4. ap'ts
  5. ap-
  6. ap.
  7. apa
  8. Apa Tani
  9. Apabhramsa
  10. Apabhramsha
  11. APAC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ap. (page history and authors); apud (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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