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–preposition

1.	by a route that touches or passes through; by way of: to fly to Japan via the North Pole.

2.	by the agency or instrumentality of: a solution via an inquiry.

–noun

3.	Architecture. a space between two mutules.

[Origin: 1770–80; < L viā, abl. of via way

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vi·a Audio Help (vī'ə, vē'ə) Pronunciation Key
prep.

By way of: went to Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.
By means of: sent the letter via airmail.

[Latin viā, ablative of via, road; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
via (adv.)

1779, from L. via "by way of," ablative form of via "way, road, channel, course," of uncertain origin; not definitely connected with vehere "to carry convey."

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via [ˈvaiə] preposition

by way of
Example: We went to America via Japan; The news reached me via my aunt.

Arabic:	عَن طَريق
Chinese (Simplified):	经过
Chinese (Traditional):	經過
Czech:	přes
Danish:	via
Dutch:	via
Estonian:	kaudu
Finnish:	kautta
French:	par, via
German:	über
Greek:	μέσω
Hungarian:	keresztül, (…n) át
Icelandic:	um, með viðkomu á
Indonesian:	melalui
Italian:	via

Japanese:	～経由で
Korean:	…을 거쳐; …을 경유하여
Latvian:	caur
Lithuanian:	per
Norwegian:	via
Polish:	przez
Portuguese (Brazil):	por
Portuguese (Portugal):	através
Romanian:	via, prin
Russian:	через
Slovak:	cez
Slovenian:	prek
Spanish:	vía, por; a través
Swedish:	via
Turkish:	yoluyla, …-den, *dan geçerek

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Via

Vi"a\, n. [L. See Way.] A road way.

Via Lactea [L.] (Anat.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See Galaxy, 1.

Via media [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name applied to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term extreme Protestantism.

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Via

Vi"a\, prep. [L., ablative of via way. See Way.] By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.

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