Definitions For Circa

Preposition

{{en-prep}} approximately, approximately, about. : {{ux, en, Julius Caesar visited this area circa 50 BC.}}

Translations

Arabic: حَوَالِي : Egyptian Arabic: حوالي (ḥawālī, sc=Arab) Armenian: մոտ, մոտավորապես Bulgarian: около, приблизително Catalan: circa Chinese: : Mandarin: 大約, sc=Hani, 大约, tr=dàyuē, sc=Hani Czech: přibližně, cirka Danish: cirka Dutch: circa Esperanto: ĉirkaŭ Faroese: umleið Finnish: noin French: {{qualifier, with a measure}} environ, {{qualifier, with a date}} vers Georgian: დაახლოებით German: ungefähr, etwa, um, circa, zirka Greek: περίπου, περ. Hebrew: בקירוב (be'qiruv) Icelandic: um það bil, circa, sirka Italian: circa Japanese: 約, alt=約…, tr=yaku, 大体, alt=大体…, tr=daitai, 位, alt=…位, tr=kurai; gurai, 頃, alt=…頃, tr=…ごろ, goro, およそ, alt=およそ…, tr=oyoso Korean: 경, alt=...경 (頃), 대략 Norwegian: cirka Persian: حوالی, tr=havâli-ye, sc=fa-Arab Polish: około Portuguese: cerca de, aproximadamente Russian: приблизи́тельно, приме́рно, о́коло {{qualifier, + genitive case}} Spanish: cerca de, aproximadamente Turkish: aşağı yukarı Udmurt: ог

Alternative forms

ca., ca, or c.; rarely cca. or cir. {{qualifier, abbreviations}}

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, circa}}.

Anagrams

ARCIC, Ricca, craic

Is Circa a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11

The word Circa is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Circa in a Sentence

  • He was born circa 1600.

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