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B.C.

 
pronunciation:
bi si
part of speech: abbreviation
definition 1: abbreviation of "before Christ." These letters are placed after a date that is earlier than the birth of Christ.
If something happened in 300 B.C., it happened 300 years before the birth of Christ.
definition 2: an abbreviation of "British Columbia."