Also viâ. [L. viā, abl. sing. of via way, VIA sb.] By way of; by the route that passes through or over (a specified place).
1779. J. Lovell, Lett. to Adams, 13 June. A.’s Wks. 1854, IX. 483. This night is the fourteenth since we first had the news of his victory, via New Providence.
1813. Sir R. Wilson, Priv. Diary (1862), II. 139. I would sweep through Berlin, revictual the fortresses, and return via Magdeburg.
1833. T. Hook, Parson’s Dau., III. x. Lord Weybridge … is on his way to London viâ Paris.
1882. De Windt, Equator, 127. I arranged to proceed through Spain and viâ Paris, home.
