Meaning

1 senses
  1. The secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era, the internationally recognized method of numbering years on the Gregorian calendar.

    gängige Zeitrechnung

    нашої ериnašoji ery

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The inscription carved into the rock is from the sixth century before the Common Era.

    ruНадпись, высеченная на скале, относится к шестому веку до н.э. — LanguagesLover

    deDie in den Fels gemeißelte Inschrift stammt aus dem sechsten Jahrhundert vor unserer Zeitrechnung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tradition holds that writing first appeared in the Sumerian period, three and a half millennia before the common era.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era:

Origin

Originally Vulgar Era. The English phrase common Era appears at least as early as 1708, an

Originally Vulgar Era. The English phrase common Era appears at least as early as 1708, and by 1715 is used synonymously with Christian Era and Vulgar Era.

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