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BC

/biːˈsiː/ · adv

Meaning

  1. Initialism of Before Christ.
  2. Initialism of British Columbia: a province of Canada.
  3. Abbreviation of because.
  4. Initialism of board-certified.
  5. Initialism of bodycam.
  6. Initialism of Baja California: a state of Mexico.
  7. Initialism of battlecruiser.
  8. Initialism of border collie.
  9. Initialism of birth control.
  10. Initialism of Boston College.
  11. Initialism of benzalkonium chloride.
  12. Initialism of borough council.
  13. Initialism of blind carbon copy.
  14. Initialism of Baguio City.
  15. Initialism of backward compatibility.
  16. 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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