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ca.

ca. is the abbreviation of circa.

Meaning of circa

Preposition

circa

  1. Synonym of around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating.
    • Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.
    Synonyms:
    around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating

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Questions about ca.

What is ca. the abbreviation of?
Ca. is the abbreviation of circa.

Words near ca. in the dictionary

  1. ca'tridge
  2. ca'tridges
  3. ca-ching
  4. Ca-montmorillonite
  5. CA-MRSA
  6. ca.
  7. ca. sa.
  8. CA19-9
  9. CAA
  10. CAAA
  11. Caaba

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ca. (page history and authors); circa (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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