CIRCA

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cir⋅ca

[sur-kuh]

–preposition, adverb

about: (used esp. in) approximate dates: The Venerable Bede was born circa 673. Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ.

Origin:
1860–65; < L: around, about, akin to circus circus

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cir·ca (sûr'kə)

prep. Abbr. c. or ca
In approximately; about: born circa 1900.

[Latin circā, from circum, around (probably on the model of adverbs like intrā, within), from circus, circle; see circle.]

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Word Origin & History

circa

1861, from L. circa "about."

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circa (sûr'kə)
prep.
Abbr. ca
In approximately; about.

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