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CA¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of California: a state of the United States.
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Canada: a country in North America.
  3. Canadian, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Canadian Alliance, Conservative-Reform Alliance Party, Reform-Conservative Alliance Party.
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Computer Associates, an American software company.
  5. abbreviation Abbreviation of Cricket Australia, the governing body of cricket in Australia.
  6. Philippines, abbreviation Abbreviation of Clark Airbase
  7. Philippines, abbreviation Abbreviation of Commission on Appointments
  8. abbreviation Abbreviation of Classical Arabic

Similar: CRAP, RCAP

noun CAs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of cellular automaton BTW: Of course the rules were parametrised, so any totalistic 2-dimensional 9-neighbourhood CA could be run.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of certificate authority Well-designed CAs will create a trust hierarchy, which consists of a root with a number of subroots, to further enhance protection of the private key.
  3. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of armored cruiser, a type of warship.
  4. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of heavy cruiser, a variant of the cruiser type of warship.
  5. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of civil affairs, a military occupational specialty or branch.
  6. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of cyanoacrylate
  7. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, abbreviation Initialism of chartered accountant
  8. Japan, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of cabin attendant
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of central authority
  10. UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of combined authority
  11. UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Companies Act
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of communications assistant
  13. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of closed access, as opposed to open access.
  14. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of conversation analysis
  15. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of civic amenity

ca²

preposition

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of ca., circa.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: calcium, sdi, pha, montmorillonite, egta, pantothenate, dpa, swinger, mrsa, cfar, about, approximately, around, roughly, nearly, circa

proper noun

Similar: CRAP, RCAP

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noun chartered accountant

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@misc{ca_2026,
  title = {ca},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ca},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}