Burma Road
noun
a road extending from Lashio, Myanmar (Burma), to Chungking, China: used during World War II to supply Allied military forces in China.
Origin of Burma Road
1First recorded in 1935–40
Words Nearby Burma Road
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How to use Burma Road in a sentence
Even the Burma Road was cut, and supplies could only be sent by air; there was shortage of everything.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] | Wolfram Eberhard
British Dictionary definitions for Burma Road
Burma Road
noun
the route extending from Lashio in Burma (now Myanmar) to Chongqing in China, which was used by the Allies during World War II to supply military equipment to Chiang Kai-shek's forces in China
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