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via

[ vahy-uh, vee-uh ]

/ ˈvaɪ ə, ˈvi ə /

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preposition

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

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

noun

Architecture. a space between two mutules.

Origin of via

1770–80; < Latin viā, ablative of via way

Words nearby via

vhf, vhs, vi, vi apple, vi et armis, via, via dolorosa, via media, viability, viable, viaduct

Example sentences from the Web for via

Isolated lesbians learned that there were other women like them via books whose covers aimed to titillate heterosexual men.

How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature |Wendy Smith |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
As it currently stands, the Via Dolorosa follows the account given in the Gospel of John.

Oops! Jesus’ Last Steps Are in the Wrong Place |Candida Moss |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

Oops! Jesus’ Last Steps Are in the Wrong Place |Candida Moss |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.

The World’s Toughest Political Quiz |Jeff Greenfield |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

She has had clients from all over the world, including Ireland and India, who are drawn to her via word of mouth and her website.

Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen |Sharon Adarlo |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Passed two Pagodas, each of nine stories, and made a romantic cut-off, via Lob Creek.

Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas |W. Hastings Macaulay
Those who wished to "comprehend" at the Roman side of the via media were very few.

Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 |Various
We were taken also to see some interesting tombs in the Via Latina.

From the Oak to the Olive |Julia Ward Howe
It was truly a via dolorosa, and we walked on it with saddened hearts, musing on the awful sufferings our countrymen had endured.

Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 |James Kennedy
We visited the dungeons in the Via della Gabbia, one bitter winter afternoon, and left them shuddering.

The Story of Perugia |Margaret Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for via

via

/ (ˈvaɪə) /

preposition

by way of; by means of; through to London via Paris

Word Origin for via

C18: from Latin viā, from via way