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vi⋅a

[vahy-uh, vee-uh]
–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
vi·a   (vī'ə, vē'ə)   
prep.  
  1. By way of: went to Pittsburgh via Philadelphia.
  2. By means of: sent the letter via airmail.

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

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.

Via

Vi"a\, prep. [L., ablative of via way. See Way.] By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.
Language Translation for : via
Spanish: vía, por; a través,
German: über,
Japanese: ~経由で

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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