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A.U.C.

1

abbreviation for

  1. from the founding of the city (of Rome in 753? b.c.). The year 360 A.U.C. would be the 360th year after the founding of Rome.


A.U.C.

2

abbreviation for

  1. in the year from the founding of the city (of Rome in 753? b.c.).

AUC

abbreviation for

    1. ab urbe condita
    2. anno urbis conditae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of A.U.C.1

From Latin ab urbe conditā

Origin of A.U.C.2

From Latin annō urbis conditae
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Example Sentences

“Were any of the members of our community consulted as to whether it was a good idea to bring a former C.I.A. director who has spoken in favor of torture to A.U.C.?” she wrote.

“We are looking at ways now to ensure that no student is forced to leave A.U.C. due to inability to pay tuition.”

The organization bought raw cocaine base or paste from a Colombian terrorist group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC, and converted it into powder at laboratories Mr. Barrera ran in an area controlled by another terrorist group, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or the A.U.C.

In return for payments, prosecutors said, the A.U.C. allowed Mr. Barrera to move the drugs out of the country.

There is little question that American companies once used paramilitary groups, such as the right-wing Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or A.U.C., to protect their operations there from attacks by leftist guerrillas.

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