GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   ‖Via (vīˈȧ or vēˈȧ), n. [L.  See Way.] A road or way.
   
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   Via Lactea [L.] (Astron.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy.  See Galaxy, 1. -- Via media [L.] (Theol.), 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.
   
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   Via, prep. [L., ablative of via way.  See Way.] By the way of; as, “to send a letter via Queenstown to London”.
   
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