What does "&ca." mean?

Alternative form of &c. / etc..

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Common synonyms include: ..., and so forth, and so forth, and so on, and so on, and the rest.

&ca.

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Alternative form of &c. / etc.. alt-of, alternative, dated
"quoted in 2016, Margaret Landon, Anna and the King of Siam I hope on my [part] the affairs of trade &ca. will be well regulated with the foreign and native people, betterly than upon the time of my predecessors, but I hope you will allow me the time for reformation of custom of country and great ceremony of the funeral service to the dead body of my esteemed brother the late King."

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"quoted in 2016, Margaret Landon, Anna and the King of Siam I hope on my [part] the affairs of trade &ca. will be well regulated with the foreign and native people, betterly than upon the time of my predecessors, but I hope you will allow me the time for reformation of custom of country and great ceremony of the funeral service to the dead body of my esteemed brother the late King."

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