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BC

 
 
/biːˈsiː/

Translation

abbreviation for Before Christ: used to show that a particular year came before the birth of Christ
milattan önce
331 BC1573
(Definition of BC from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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