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
The mastabas C, Ca, and D were contained in the same boundary wall.
From El Kab by Quibell, James Edward
“Is CA cheating to get Spencer Pratt out?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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
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
Then I took the envelope from my dresser, postmarked Oakland, CA.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
I wadna ca’ them that on the tap of Ben-Nevis without a grue.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
There's been a consultation atween Elder Willison an' John, as to the time o' their visit to Cubby's den, as they ca' it.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
I hardly expec'it the ca' at this time o' the year.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
"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
"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 Leighton, Alexander
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 Smith, Nora Archibald
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
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 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
To change a word from small capitals to small letters, make one line under the word, and write in the margin lo. ca., for 'lower case.'
From "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students by Allardyce, Paul
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
“We were sitting around after dinner and wrote half the song,” she told the writer C.A.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
C.A. designed several rowhouses but is perhaps best remembered for the apartment building known as Porter Flats, which no longer exists.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
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
For weeks, as the guest of my friend, Mr. C.A.
From Across China on Foot by Dingle, Edwin John
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
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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