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• Ca
  Ca

  calcium.
• CA
  CA

  abbreviation

  California (approved especially for use with zip code).
• ca'
  ca'

  verb (used with or without object)

  to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
• ca-
  ca-

  variant of ker-.
• ca.
  ca.

  abbreviation

  cathode.
• C/A
  C/A

  capital account.
• C.A.
  C.A.

  abbreviation

  Central America.
• ca
  ca

  abbreviation

  Canada

Ca

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. calcium.

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CA ² American  

abbreviation

1. California (approved especially for use with zip code).

2. chronological age.

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ca' ³ American  

[kah, kaw] / kɑ, kɔ /

verb (used with or without object)

Scot.

1. to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.

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ca- ⁴ American  

1. variant of ker-.

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ca. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. cathode.

2. centiare.

3. Also ca (with a year) about.

   ca. 476 b.c.

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C/A ⁶ American  

Or c/a

1. capital account.

2. cash account.

3. credit account.

4. current account.

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C.A. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. Central America.

2. chartered accountant.

3. Accounting. chief accountant.

4. Coast Artillery.

5. commercial agent.

6. consular agent.

7. controller of accounts.

8. current assets.

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CA ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. California

2. Central America

3. chartered accountant

4. chief accountant

5. consular agent

6. (in Britain) Consumers' Association

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C/A ² British  

abbreviation

1. capital account

2. credit account

3. current account

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Ca ³ British  

symbol

1. calcium

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ca ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Canada

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ca. ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. circa

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Etymology

Origin of ca'³

Variant of call

Origin of ca.⁵

ca. ( def. 3 ) < Latin circā

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Example Sentences

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Ca CA ca' ca- ca. C.A. ca

Using specially designed nucleic acid probes, the team produced microscopic images showing intron RNA in living cells of Ca.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

He recalled when he was 15, growing up in the Vietnamese city of Ca Mau, he overheard his father’s friend ask for a loan to buy a car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presided as papal envoy over a special mass in a church in Ca Mau for Father Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep, a priest killed while protecting parishioners in 1946.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

“The gift return is an informational return because there is a lot of information and no tax being sent to the IRS,” says LSL CPAs, which is headquartered in Irvine, Ca.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 7, 2025

The stretch of water towards the east between the Ca Rotta, the last house of S. Mamette on the left, and the gulf of the Doi on the right, was one immense white sea.

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Antonio Fogazzaro

The study appears in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, the flagship journal of ACS, and is also available on cancer.org.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

The company is based in Hawthorne, CA and has subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the United States.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

In an April 29 press release, Markon Cooperative, a farm-to-table produce cooperative, noted that cauliflower supplies from the Salinas Valley and Santa Maria, CA, are extremely limited.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

He noted in a recent interview with StatNews published last week that his CA 19-9 levels—a common blood marker of pancreatic cancer—had plunged from north of 8,000 to about 374.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Then I took the envelope from my dresser, postmarked Oakland, CA.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

"They ca' me 'breeks, but ma maiden name is Christy."

From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various

"An' do ye ca' that meat and drink?" said John, pointing to the porridge and water.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton

Ye've helpit me bairn, an' cleaned his claes, an' let him ca' ye mither.

From The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona by Cora Marsland

"And whare's the bairns o' this house, That ca' me Lamkin?"

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

I wadna ca’ them that on the tap of Ben-Nevis without a grue.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various

She wants me to be indebted to her for my education, for my ca- reer, for my house.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Root grow thou long-er heart be thou strong-er; Let the sun bless me, soft-ly ca- ress me; Let rain-drops pat-ter, wind, my leaves scat-ter.

From The Story Hour by Nora Archibald Smith

The Wolfe deuoureth and ea- teth of his praie all in feare, and therefore oftentymes he ca- steth his looke, to be safe from perill and daunger.

From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Richard Rainolde

It is the illumination of 85:3 the spiritual understanding which demonstrates the ca-         pacity of Soul, not of material sense.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

The human genome contains ca. 20,000 genes that are used for the construction of proteins.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023

Described as “Garcia’s personal briefcase, with handwritten lyrics, drawings, letters, and ephemera, ca. 1977-1979,” the assorted paperwork offers a look at the musician’s daily life on the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2021

In the 5th and 4th century the number of "eligible voters" was perhaps not higher than 10% out of a population of ca. 250,000.

From Economist ● Nov. 27, 2012

Part of the challenge was to create an interactive version of a city--in this case, Yokosuka, Japan, ca. 1986--in which you can knock on virtually every door on every street.

From Time Magazine Archive

Further on in the same oration, ca. vi., he explains that he had refused to defend Autronius because he had known Autronius to be a conspirator against his country.

From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Anthony Trollope

“It was a landmark moment because it was guidance from the top,” said Katie McKay, a lawyer at C.A.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Norma Buster is the chief of staff at C.A.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

A friend of Williams, identified only as C.A., recounted that Henley arrived at the Airbnb about 2 a.m. on Jan. 24.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

“For victims of horrific images being distributed on the Internet generally, unfortunately and inappropriately copyright does end up being an effective tool,” said Adam Massey, a partner at C.A.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022

At the total eclipse of August 7, 1869, it was independently found by Professors C.A.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

The novel about migration, known by its original French title "C'etait ca ou mourir," had been scheduled for translation in more than 20 countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

With an accompanying essay by the art critic Jeffrey Kastner, the book is a worthy capstone for Mr. Eggleston’s career, providing a selection of almost 60 photographs taken between ca.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

They recorded substantially higher levels of pollutants in the kitchen for well over an hour after the food had been cooked despite the cooking process only taking ca.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024

But instead of giving her a ticket, he cleaned off her ca, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

“Ah ri cas, ca mo ve he,” the witch teacher says.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

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