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Burma Road

–noun
a road extending from Lashio, Burma, to Chungking, China: used during World War II to supply Allied military forces in China.

Origin:
1935–40
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Burma Road  
A former highway extending about 1,126 km (700 mi) generally northeastward through mountainous country from northeast Burma (now Myanmar) to Kunming, China. It was a vital transportation route for wartime supplies to the Chinese government from 1938 to 1946.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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