CA is the abbreviation for California.    From LearnThat.org. 

E.g., an abbreviation for the Latin words exempli gratia.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Spy must be a corruption or abbreviation of a Latin word.    From Wordnik.com.  [About.com Catholicism] Reference

I.e., an abbreviation for the Latin words id est, means "that is.".    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

An abbreviation for ibidem, a Latin word meaning “in the same place.    From Wordnik.com.  [ibid] Reference

In case you didn't know, that abbreviation is for 'Release Candidate'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Chrome 2 Brings New Features And Serious Speed | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

An abbreviation is when you take the first letters of something e.g. U.S.A. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [Power your iPod, BlackBerry thru in-flight audio jacks | Sync Blog] Reference

It's also an abbreviation of the Arabic words meaning Islamic Resistance Movement.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Demonstration" Government in Palestine] Reference

An abbreviation is something like ‘etc.’, which is marked, if at all, with a full stop.    From Wordnik.com.  [English in the Times] Reference

The airport abbreviation is MEX, and the official name is the Benito Juarez International Airport.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico City Airport] Reference

I was struck, for instance, by the irregularity of the application of the terms abbreviation and acronym.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2] Reference

Normally anchor text should be a keyword abbreviation of what the visitor will see by clicking on the link.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

So it goes with abbreviations; if you want to be literal, an abbreviation is an abbreviated form of something.    From Wordnik.com.  [“Ms.”-ing the point « Motivated Grammar] Reference

Rufz -- developed by Mathias Kolpe, DL4MM, and Alessandro Vitiello, IV3XYM -- is the abbreviation of the German word.    From Wordnik.com.  [ARRL Amateur Radio News] Reference

My brain had a complete spasm on the first question, a really simple one - in American jails, pen is the slang abbreviation for what word?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pure jam: winning The Weakest Link] Reference

/une premiere/, the slang abbreviation for a first performance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parisians in the Country] Reference

I'm Jersey, so I'd have a hard time (slang abbreviation for not telling the truth).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

One potential problem is microformat's use of something called the abbreviation design pattern.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC on microformats, abbr (and why the machine-readable web is good)] Reference

And there's the little detail of M4M being well-known as the abbreviation for "Men looking for Men.".    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Peach Blossom Café...] Reference

Nob, an imported English slang abbreviation for nobility, suits "the well-off people" and the sense of the question.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2] Reference

Maybe the proper abbreviation is 3WHTIB.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » The New Moderate] Reference

The abbreviation of double-treble crochet is d t c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference

"Fagot" is an abbreviation frequently used for this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference

Now a pretty abbreviation like Fred is another matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

"And we'll have an abbreviation for it," I interrupted her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gretchen Rubin: Make a Joke of It: Difficult, But Effective] Reference

He attributed it, doubtless, to his abbreviation of her name, for he smiled grimly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Woman] Reference

Avoid those marked with recycling code 7, which includes polycarbonate, or the abbreviation PC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Baby bottles and bisphenol A] Reference

"Dibs" was an abbreviation for dibstones, an ancient game with pebbles, sheep knuckles and, later, jacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [ASK TIP SHEET] Reference

"G. A." being the telegraphic abbreviation for "go ahead," and "the" the last word she had received of the message.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes] Reference

The last thing he sees is the warning on the barrier: Max Headroom, an abbreviation for Maximum Headroom 2.5 meters.    From Wordnik.com.  ['80s Nostalgia? M-M-Max Headroom Is Now On DVD] Reference

After the seventh typo and seventh clear-all, I suggest she use the abbreviation "u" for "you" to expedite the process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Claire Gordon: Txtspk 4eva] Reference

Each was given a number; a few also bore names, but most were marked with the Serbian abbreviation "NN," for Name Unknown.    From Wordnik.com.  [’Daddy, They’Re Killing Us’] Reference

However, I should like to suggest abbreviation, and I fear I shall have to ask you to change the shade to a dull bluish gray.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference