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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.]
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via

(ˈvaɪə)
prep
by way of; by means of; through: to London via Paris.
[C18: from Latin viā, from via way]
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vi•a

(ˈvaɪ ə, ˈvi ə)

prep.
1. by a route that touches or passes through; by way of.
2. by the agency or instrumentality of; by means of: to communicate via sign language.
[1770–80; < Latin viā, abl. of via way]
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via

preposition
1. through, by way of, by, by means of Mr Baker will return home via Britain and France.
2. using, by means of, with the help of Translators can now work via e-mail.
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Translations
عَنْ طَرِيقعَن طَريق
přes
via
kautta
preko
um, meî viîkomu á
・・・経由で
...을 거쳐
caur
prek
via
โดยทาง
yoluyla-den/dan geçerek
qua

via

[ˈvaɪə] PREPpor; (esp by plane) → vía
we drove to Lisbon via Salamancafuimos a Lisboa por Salamanca
a flight via Brusselsun vuelo vía Bruselas
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via

[ˈvaɪə ˈviːə] prep
(= through) → via
We went to Paris via Boulogne → Nous sommes allés à Paris via Boulogne.
(= by means of) → par
They can work from home, via e-mail → Ils peuvent travailler de chez eux, par e-mail.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

via

prepüber (+acc); (with town names also) → via; they got in via the windowsie kamen durchs Fenster herein
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via

[ˈvaɪə] prep (by way of, place) → via; (person) → attraverso, tramite; (by means of) → tramite, attraverso, per mezzo di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

via

(ˈvaiə) preposition
by way of. We went to America via Japan; The news reached me via my aunt.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

via

عَنْ طَرِيق přes via über μέσω vía kautta via preko attraverso ・・・経由で ...을 거쳐 via via przez via через via โดยทาง yoluyla qua 经由
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

vi·a

n. L. vía, tracto, conducto.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
References in classic literature ?
From London to Suez via Mont Cenis and Brindisi, by rail and steamboats ..............................................................................7 " From Suez to Bombay, by steamer .......................13 " From Bombay to Calcutta, by rail ...............................3 " From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamer .................3 " From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamer..........6 " From Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamer ............22 " From San Francisco to New York, by rail ................7 " From New York to London, by steamer and rail............9 "
Dantes was tossed about on these doubts and wishes, when the patron, who had great confidence in him, and was very desirous of retaining him in his service, took him by the arm one evening and led him to a tavern on the Via del' Oglio, where the leading smugglers of Leghorn used to congregate and discuss affairs connected with their trade.
We left Venice before Mr and Mrs Gowan did, but they were not so long upon the road as we were, and did not travel by the same way, and so when we arrived we found them in a lodging here, in a place called the Via Gregoriana.
For ten years or longer the Cudahys have talked every business morning between Omaha and Boston, via fifteen hundred and seventy miles of wire.
In this manner my arrival was circulated prematurely in certain coteries, the pretty mouths and fine voices that spoke of my marvels, being quite unconscious that they were circulating news that had reached their ears via Honor O'Flagherty, Biddy Noon, and Kathleen Brady.
"If your Ladyship will take a seat, the train will be up in a few minutes." The cringing servility of his manner was due, no doubt, to the address legible on the pile of luggage, which announced their owner to be "Lady Muriel Orme, passenger to Elveston, via Fayfield Junction."
For by a Portuguese Catholic priest, this very idea of Jonah's going to Nineveh via the Cape of Good Hope was advanced as a signal magnification of the general miracle.
Since the twenty-ninth of August I have received no communication from you, yet on the first of September I received from the commander in chief of Moscow, via Yaroslavl, the sad news that you, with the army, have decided to abandon Moscow.
Advocating therefore a VIA MEDIA, I would lay down no fixed or absolute line of demarcation; but at the period when the frame is just beginning to set, and when the Medical Board has reported that recovery is improbable, I would suggest that the Irregular offspring be painlessly and mercifully consumed.
Backward beyond the beginning of this via dolorosa--this epic of suffering with episodes of sin--I see nothing clearly; it comes out of a cloud.
Then he got up in the world and became an Obi-man, which gives an opportunity to wealth VIA blackmail.
Andate via! sono occupato!" The last remark was made to a vender of panoramic photographs who was approaching with a courteous smile.