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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Via

/(vī"ȧ [or] vē"ȧ)/ · Vi·a · IPA /ˈvaɪə/
01 n. A road or way.
  1. 1.
    A road or way.
Phrases & compounds
Via Lactea — the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See Galaxy, 1.
Via media — 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.
02 prep. By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.
  1. 1.
    By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.