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circa

Syllables: cir·ca/ˈsɜː.kə//ˈsɜɹ.kə/

circa preposition: synonym of around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating.

Preposition

circa

  1. Synonym of around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating.
    • Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.
    • Political talent scouts have called South Dakota's John Thune "the Republican Obama" because his low profile, youth and presidential bearing recall the unknown Illinois Democrat circa January 2007.2011 January 27, Michael Crowley, “Decision Time for Senator John Thune”, in TIME, archived from the original on 10 May 2011
    Synonyms:
    around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating

Proper noun capitalized: Circa

Circa (plural Circas)

  1. A surname.

circa meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada

circa in Hindi

approximately, about, around
लगभग lagbhag, उमूमन umūman, तक़रीबन taqrīban

circa in Telugu

సిర్కా

circa in Malayalam

approximately, (round) about, around
ഉദ്ദേശം, സുമാർ, ഏകദേശം, ഏതാണ്ട്, ഏറെക്കുറെ, അടുപ്പിച്ച്

circa in Kannada

ಸರಿಸುಮಾರು, ಸುಮಾರು
More languagesFewer languages
circa in Arabic
حَوَالِي ḥawālī
circa in Persian
حوالی havâli-ye
circa in Thai
ประมาณ bprà-maan
circa in Vietnamese
khoảng

Synonyms of circa

Forms of circa

pluralCircas

Origin of circa

Learned borrowing from Latin circā.

Words that rhyme with circa

Questions about circa

What does circa mean?
Circa means synonym of around, about, approximately, particularly used with historical dating.
What is circa in Hindi?
Circa in Hindi is लगभग (lagbhag), उमूमन (umūman), तक़रीबन (taqrīban). See Circa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is circa?
Circa can be a preposition or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce circa?
Circa is pronounced /ˈsɜː.kə/ (UK).

Words near circa in the dictionary

  1. Ciraulos
  2. cirazoline
  3. CIRB
  4. circ
  5. circ.
  6. circa
  7. circadially
  8. circadian
  9. circadian clock
  10. circadian clocks
  11. circadian dysrhythmia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: circa (page history and authors); Circa (page history and authors); circa (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); circa (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); circa (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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