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high⋅way

  [hahy-wey]
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–noun
1. a main road, esp. one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
2. any public road or waterway.
3. any main or ordinary route, track, or course.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME heyewei, OE heiweg. See high, way

Synonyms:
1. expressway, freeway, thruway, interstate.
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high·way   (hī'wā')   
n.   Abbr. hwy. or hgwy.
A main public road, especially one connecting towns and cities.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

highway 
O.E. heiweg "main road from one town to another;" highwayman "one who travels the highways with intent to rob people" (often on horseback and thus contrasted to a footpad) is from 1649. High street (O.E. heahstræte) was the word before 17c. applied to highways and main roads, whether in the country or town, especially one of the Roman roads. In more recent usage, it generally is the proper name of the street of a town which is built upon a highway and was the principal street of the place.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Highway

a raised road for public use. Such roads were not found in Palestine; hence the force of the language used to describe the return of the captives and the advent of the Messiah (Isa. 11:16; 35:8; 40:3; 62:10) under the figure of the preparation of a grand thoroughfare for their march. During their possession of Palestine the Romans constructed several important highways, as they did in all countries which they ruled.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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