BC
/biːˈsiː/ · adv
Meaning
- Initialism of Before Christ.
- Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada.
- Abbreviation of because.
- Initialism of board-certified.
- Initialism of bodycam.
- Initialism of Baja California: a state of Mexico.
- Initialism of battlecruiser.
- Initialism of border collie.
- Initialism of birth control.
- Initialism of Boston College.
- Initialism of benzalkonium chloride.
- Initialism of borough council.
- Initialism of blind carbon copy.
- Initialism of Baguio City.
- Initialism of backward compatibility.
- Abbreviation of basso continuo.
Etymology / origin
Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.
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