Ca
calcium.
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Ca
1 AmericanSymbol, Chemistry.
CA
2
American
ca'
3
American
[kah, kaw]
/ kɑ, kɔ /
verb (used with or without object)
Scot.
ca-
4
American
ca.
5
American
abbreviation
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cathode.
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centiare.
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Also ca (with a year) about.
ca. 476 b.c.
C/A
6
American
Or
c/a
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capital account.
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cash account.
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credit account.
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current account.
C.A.
7
American
abbreviation
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Central America.
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Accounting. chief accountant.
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Coast Artillery.
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commercial agent.
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consular agent.
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controller of accounts.
CA
1
British
abbreviation
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California
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Central America
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chartered accountant
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chief accountant
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consular agent
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(in Britain) Consumers' Association
C/A
2
British
abbreviation
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capital account
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credit account
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current account
Ca
3
British
symbol
ca
4
British
abbreviation
ca.
5
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of ca'3
Variant of call
Origin of ca.5
ca. ( def. 3 ) < Latin circā
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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
She was treated on the slope for a lengthy period before being airlifted off the piste to Ca Foncello hospital in Treviso, where she underwent surgery on a fractured left leg.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 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
G.235.We must now except the seventh century corrector of Cod. א called by Tischendorf Ca, who actually changes the original reading εκδ. into ενδ., to be himself set right by a later hand Cb.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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
The company was founded by Jack Patrick Dorsey and James Morgan McKelvey in February 2009 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
CA are not insured for the loss of revenue from this Test.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Then I took the envelope from my dresser, postmarked Oakland, CA.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
"I heard him ca' you a Souter amang a thousand, master; and that taunt will be heard tell o' yet."
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
He’s only an exciseman, if you come dawn to facts, but they ca’ him a Supervisor.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
There dwalls a lady in Danmarck, Lady Hillers lyle men her ca'; And she's gar'd bigg a new castell, That shines o'er Danmarck a'.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
"It's no him," resumed Sandy, "but a wee bit of a callant they ca' Jamie."
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
"They ca' me 'breeks, but ma maiden name is Christy."
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 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
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 Eddy, Mary Baker
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 Rainolde, Richard
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 Smith, Nora Archibald
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
The ca. sa. whereby the sheriff was ordered to seize the body of the defendant in execution could not issue at the instance of a successful plaintiff at common law.
From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott
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
The practice of sending reporters out as a “one-man band” is not new, but it is more widespread today, said C.A.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
In the mid 19th century, the African-American actor Ira Aldridge and the English playwright C.A.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
Recollection of better times further burdens the characters in C.A.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2018
After 1883 Bratianu acted as sole leader of the Liberals, owing to a quarrel with C.A.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
For Mr. McWilliams, next to nothing is irrelevant to the story of man and money, including the first bicycle craze, ca.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
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
Among his juxtapositions was a 2021 photograph by Carol Antezana, “Las Gringas,” paired with Thomas Eakins’s ca.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
“Et ton amie, ca va!” she asked casually—How’s your friend?
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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