In about 300 BCE, Greek philosopher Epicurus proposed that the universe's boundaries were limitless and that space was full of other worlds.
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Bce
Synonyms for "bce" (5 found)
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39 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- para erës sonë adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пр.н.е. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 公元前 adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Cornish
1 entries- KOK adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Czech
1 entries- př. n. l. (před naším letopočtem) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Danish
1 entries- f.v.t. (før vor tidsregning) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Dutch
2 entries- gewone tijdrekening adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- onze jaartelling adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Finnish
1 entries- eaa. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
French
4 entries- AEC adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- AÈC adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- av. n. è. (avant notre ère) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- av. è. c. (avant l'ère commune) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Georgian
4 entries- ახ. წ.–მდე adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- ახალ წელთაღრიცხვამდე adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- ჩვ. წ.-მდე adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- ჩვენს წელთაღრიცხვამდე adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
German
2 entries- v. d. Z. (vor der Zeitrechnung/vor der Zeitenwende) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- v. u. Z. (vor unserer Zeitrechnung) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Greek
1 entries- π.Κ.Ε. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Hungarian
1 entries- i. e. (időszámításunk előtt) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Kazakh
1 entries- б. з. д. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Korean
1 entries- 기원전 adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Latin
2 entries- ante aer. comm. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- ante aer. vulg. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pr. m. e. (rieš mūsų erą) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Macedonian
1 entries- п.н.е. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Polish
1 entries- p.n.e. (przed naszą erą) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Romanian
1 entries- î.e.n. (înainte de eră noastră) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Russian
2 entries- до н. э. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- до на́шей э́ры adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Slovak
2 entries- p.n.l. (pred naším letopočtom) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- pred n. l. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Slovene
1 entries- pr. n. št. (pred našim štetjem) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Spanish
1 entries- antes de la era común adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Swedish
2 entries- f.v.t. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
- fvt (före vår tideräkning) adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Ukrainian
1 entries- до н. е. adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Vietnamese
1 entries- TCN adv (secularized form of BC — see also BC)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The Greeks discovered the Italian peninsula in the 7th century BCE.
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Since the end of the eighteenth century, the group of peoples who spread, probably from the Arabian peninsula, to Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine around 3000 BCE — and, before 700 BC from southern Arabia to Abyssinia, on the opposite African mainland — have been designated as Semites. They were so called after Shem, who, according to the first Book of Moses, chapter 10, was the eldest son of Noah.
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Historically speaking, writing on paper has been around since 300 BCE, but archaeologically, there is only evidence from 100 BCE.
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