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cir⋅ca
[sur-kuh] 
kə
–preposition, adverb
| about: (used esp. in) approximate dates: The Venerable Bede was born circa 673. Abbreviation: ca, ca., c., c, cir., circ. |
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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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circa
1861, from L. circa "about."
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Language Translation for : circa
Spanish:
cerca de, alrededor de,
German:
ungefähr,
Japanese:
およそ
circa (sûr'kə)
prep.
Abbr. ca
In approximately; about.
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