viâ

See also: via and vía

English

Etymology

From Latin viā, ablative singular form of via (“way, road”).

Preposition

viâ

1. (British spelling) Dated form of via.
   • 1886: Comte De Paris, The Battle of Gettysburg, page 248[1]:

     Stahel's calvary division moved from Warrington, viâ Gainesville, to Fairfax Court-house.

   • 1890 February 28, W. S. Wetmore, “RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES.”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette‎^[2], volume XLIV, number 1178, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 256, column 1:

     In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope.

   • 1907, Karl Baedeker, Paris and environs: with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers, page 32:

     To the right are the Lignes de Normandie (England viâ Dieppe or Le Havre).

   • 1912, Claudius Madrolle, Northern China, the Valley of the Blue River, Korea, 2nd edition, Hachette & company, page 386:

     The foundries produced, in 1909, 74,000 tons of pig-iron which were exported viâ Shang-hai to Japan and even to America.

Anagrams

• A-IV, AIV, AVI, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi, avi-, vai