C. or c. may refer to: *

Century A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c. A centennial or ...

, sometimes abbreviated as ''c.'' or ''C.'', a period of 100 years *

Cent (currency) The cent is a monetary unit of many national currencies that equals of the basic monetary unit. Etymologically, the word 'cent' derives from the Latin word meaning hundred. The cent sign is commonly a simple minuscule (lower case) letter . ...

, abbreviated ''c.'' or ''¢'', a monetary unit that equals of the basic unit of many currencies * Caius or

Gaius Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen). People *Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist *Gaius Acilius *Gaius Antonius *Gaius Antonius Hybrida *Gaius Asinius Gallus *Gaius Asinius Pol ...

, abbreviated as ''C.'', a common Latin praenomen *Circa, abbreviated as c. (or ca., circ., cca, and cc.) a Latin word meaning "about" or "around" * Abbreviation ''c.'' meaning "chapter" in

legal citation Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources. The most common sources of authority cited are court decisions (cases), statutes, regulations, government documents, treaties, and scholarly writin ...

* Prefix ''c''/''c.'' (and ''cc''/''cc.'') meaning "column(s)" as in-source-locator in old citations (example: "c130")

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