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Circa Definition

circa

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English

Wikipedia has an article on: Circa

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Pronunciation

Preposition

circa

  1. approximately, about
    Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Adverb

circa

  1. circa: about, approximately

French

Preposition

circa

  1. approximately, about

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

Preposition

circa

  1. regarding, concerning

Adverb

circa

  1. about, approximately

Anagrams


Latin

Adverb

circa (not comparable)

  1. around; about

Preposition

circa + accusative case

  1. around; near; about

Related terms

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

From Latin circa.

Adverb

circa

  1. approximately, about, or so

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Circa (from Latin, meaning "around"), usually abbreviated c. or ca. (also circ. or cca.), means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date. Circa is widely used in genealogy and historical writing when the dates of events are not precisely known.
from: Wikipedia: circa,
Sun Apr 15 00:21:19 2012