viâ

See also: via, vía, and vi'a

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.

   • 1907: Karl Baedeker, Paris and environs: with routes from London to Paris; handbook for travellers, page 32[2]:

     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, page 386 (2^nd Ed.; Hachette & company)

     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, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi-, vai