Circa
['sɜːkə] or ['sɝkə]
Definition
prep. and adv. about around.
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- The priests of Ammon Ra, about the time of the XVIIIth or XIXth Dynasty (_circa_ 1400 B.C.), had set up in an oasis of the desert a temple and oracle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After the war of liberation (circa 1600 B.C.) there followed a period of great prosperity in Egypt, _the New Empire_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Vivienne