via

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/ˈvaɪə//ˈviː.ə/

noun

A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)

“You can enter the building via the western gate.”

OriginLatin via ← Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- →
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Meanings

via1

nounvia (plural vias or viae)

plural vias · plural viae

  1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
  2. businessA small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
  3. businessAn electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.

via2

preposition

alternative viâ

  1. By way of; passing through.

    You can enter the building via the western gate.

    1 more example

    They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.

  2. By (means of); using.

    I'll send you the information via e-mail.

    3 more examples

    Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […]

    2005, “Capacity Bounds For MIMO Poisson Channels With Intersymbol Interference, Appendix C”, in Enrico Forestieri, editor, Optical Communication Theory and Techniques, →ISBN, page 44

    A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

    2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)

    White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.

    2017 February 10, Rosie Gray, “Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2020
interjection

alternative viâ

  1. obsoleteAway! Be off!

Via3

proper nounVia (plural Vias)

plural Vias

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
by means ofby way of

Origin

via · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  2. Latinvia“road”
  3. Englishvia

Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.

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via · preposition, interjection

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  2. Latinviā“by the way (of)”
  3. Englishvia

Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).

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Translations

Arabic بِوَاسِطَة, عَن طَرِيق
  • بِوَاسِطَة (biwāsiṭa)by way of
  • عَن طَرِيق (ʕan ṭarīq)by way of
  • بِـ (bi-)by (means of); using (a medium)
Bulgarian през, посредством
  • през (prez)by way of
  • посредством (posredstvom)by (means of); using (a medium)
Catalan mitjançant, per mitjà
  • mitjançantby (means of); using (a medium)
  • per mitjàby (means of); using (a medium)
Chinese Mandarin 經由 /经由, 通過 /通过
  • 經由 /经由 (jīngyóu)by way of
  • 通過 /通过 (tōngguò)by way of
  • 通過 /通过 (tōngguò)by (means of); using (a medium)
Czech přes, pomocí
  • přesby way of
  • pomocíby (means of); using (a medium)
Danish via, langs
  • viaby way of
  • langsby way of
  • overby way of
  • gennemby way of
  • perby (means of); using (a medium)
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
Dutch via, langs
  • viaby way of
  • langsby way of
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
  • perby (means of); using (a medium)
Esperanto per
  • perby (means of); using (a medium)
Estonian kaudu
  • kauduby way of
Finnish läpivientirengas, läpivienti
  • läpivientirengassmall hole in a printed circuit board
  • läpivientielectrical connection between two or more layers
  • kauttaby way of
  • -lla (adessiivi)by (means of); using (a medium)
  • -itseby (means of); using (a medium)
  • kauttaby (means of); using (a medium)
French via, via
  • viaby way of
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
German über, durch
  • überby way of
  • durchby way of
  • viaby way of
  • perby (means of); using (a medium)
  • mittelsby (means of); using (a medium)
  • vermittelsby (means of); using (a medium)
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
  • durchby (means of); using (a medium)
  • überby (means of); using (a medium)
Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ
  • דֶּרֶךְ (dérekh)by way of
Indonesian via, melalui
  • viaby way of
  • melaluiby way of
  • lewatby way of
Italian via, per
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
  • perby (means of); using (a medium)
Japanese …経由で, …経て
  • …経由でby way of
  • …経て (…hete)by way of
  • …で (…de)by (means of); using (a medium)
  • …によって (…ni yotte)by (means of); using (a medium)
Malay melalui, melalui
  • melaluiby way of
  • melaluiby (means of); using (a medium)
Māori mā, mā
  • māby way of
  • māby (means of); using (a medium)
Norwegian Bokmål via, via
  • viaby way of
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
Polish via, drogą
  • viaby way of
  • drogąby way of
  • przezby way of
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
  • drogąby (means of); using (a medium)
  • przezby (means of); using (a medium)
Portuguese via, via
  • viaby way of
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
Romanian via, via
  • viaby way of
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
  • prinby (means of); using (a medium)
Russian че́рез, сквозь
  • че́рез (čérez)by way of
  • сквозь (skvozʹ)by way of
  • посре́дством (posrédstvom)by way of
  • посре́дством (posrédstvom)by (means of); using (a medium)
  • с по́мощью (s pómoščʹju)by (means of); using (a medium)
  • че́рез (čérez)by (means of); using (a medium)
  • по (po)by (means of); using (a medium)
  • путём (putjóm)by (means of); using (a medium)
Scottish Gaelic taobh
  • taobhby way of
Spanish vía, por
  • víaby way of
  • porby way of
  • porby (means of); using (a medium)
  • a través deby (means of); using (a medium)
  • por medio deby (means of); using (a medium)
  • medianteby (means of); using (a medium)
  • víaby (means of); using (a medium)
Swedish via, över
  • viaby way of
  • överby way of
  • genomby way of
  • perby (means of); using (a medium)
  • viaby (means of); using (a medium)
Urdu بَراہ
  • بَراہ (barāh)by way of

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with via

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

via. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/via

MLA

“via.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/via. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “via,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/via.

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