Circa is used in front of a particular year to say that this is the approximate date when something happened or was made. (FORMAL)
The story tells of a runaway slave girl in Louisiana, ~ 1850.
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Circa is used in front of a particular year to say that this is the approximate date when something happened or was made. (FORMAL)
The story tells of a runaway slave girl in Louisiana, ~ 1850.
= around
PREP
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012