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circa

[ sur-kuh ]

/ ˈsɜr kə /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR circa ON THESAURUS.COM

preposition, adverb

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

Origin of circa

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

Words nearby circa

cipro, ciprofloxacin, cir., circ, circ., circa, circadian, circadian rhythm, circannual, circassia, circassian

Example sentences from the Web for circa

Looking through photographs from the early days of U.S. airlines, I found a shot of the cabin of the Boeing 247, circa 1934.

Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room |Clive Irving |November 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For most people living in the world, circa 1920, music was embedded into their life, not chosen as a lifestyle accessory.

Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting |Ted Gioia |March 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Is it a fair assessment of the Allman Brothers Band and Duane circa 1971?

Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band |Grover Lewis |March 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In 1998, she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work on Shakespeare in Love, set London circa 1593.

Finally! ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Is Hollywood’s First 1990s Period Piece |Andrew Romano |December 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

It was,” she said years later of Grambling circa 1941, “just nowhere.

Eddie Robinson, College Football’s Winningest Coach |Samuel G. Freedman |August 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Aug. 14th, peperit Jana (nutu Dei) circa horam quartam a meridie.

The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee |John Dee
The main arches and triforium are Norman, the clerestory and vaulting Early English (circa 1250).

The Cathedrals of Great Britain |P. H. Ditchfield
A very beautiful fan edge from a fine Waterford bowl of circa 1815.

Old Irish Glass |Graydon Stannus
It was adorned (circa 1630) with a gateway similar to that designed by Inigo Jones for the main entrance to the college.

Oxford and its Story |Cecil Headlam
As to its existence in Sicily (circa 1232), see Milman, Hist.

The Evolution of States |J. M. Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for circa

circa

/ (ˈsɜːkə) /

preposition

(used with a date) at the approximate time of circa 1182 bc . Abbreviation: c., ca.

Word Origin for circa

Latin: about; related to Latin circus circle, circus

Medical definitions for circa

circa

[ sûr′kə ]

prep.

In approximately; about.