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Broca

American  
[broh-kuh, braw-ka] / ˈbroʊ kə, brɔˈka /

noun

  1. Paul 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.


Broca British  
/ brɔka /

noun

  1. Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery

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Ben Broca launched a company last December offering AI tools to entrepreneurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Broca said he has raised $30 million from investors and, at the same time, has saved millions in salary since he hasn’t needed a team of software engineers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Broca Houy, head of compliance at Temis Luxury Group, said the company "fully complies with the laws and regulations of the United Arab Emirates for freight forwarder business".

From Reuters ● May 25, 2023

Twenty-five years later, Dr. Pierre Paul Broca observed a young man who had lost the ability to speak and could utter only one syllable: “Tan.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

Dr. Broca shows how damage to one very small spot in the brain causes one very specific kind of damage.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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