User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
/ˈvi:ə/, /ˈvaɪə/Etymology 1
From Latin via ‘road’.Noun
- A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
- A small hole in a printed-circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
Preposition
via- By way of; passing through.
Esperanto
Pronoun
via (second person possessive of vi, "you")Fijian
Etymology
Common OceanicNoun
via- a tree (giant arum, Alocasia)
Italian
Noun
Adverb
viaPreposition
via daInterjection
via!Latin
Noun
via, viae fSynonyms
Norwegian
Verb
- Form of past tense, vie
Romanian
Etymology 1
/ viaEtymology 2
vivereConjugation
ro-conj-a-iez viEtymology 3
Form of the adjective viuAdjective
viaEtymology 4
Form of the noun vieNoun
viaExtensive Definition
VIA may refer to one of the following.
- Italian for: "By way of", "Get out of the way" or "Street"
- VIA (Volunteers In Asia), is an American non-profit organization providing international cultural exchange programs.
- A via (electronics) is a through-connection
- A viaduct is a kind of bridge
- The Latin name for a Roman road.
- Vias is a commune of the Hérault département, France
- Vias Plage is the beach area for Vias
- VIA was the ICAO airline designator for the airline Viasa
- Versatile Interface Adapter
- Virtual Interface Adapter
- Virtual Interface Architecture
- VIA (ВИА) in Russian is the abbreviation of Вокально-Инструментальный Ансамбль Vokal'no-Instrumental'nyy ansambl (Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble). E.g. VIA Gra (ВИА Гра)
- VIA is an official approval stamp used to certify parts of Japanese vehicles - including bicycles. This mark signifies compliance with certain quality standards, and is similar to the "UL" (Underwriter Laboratories) mark.
- VIA Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits and NanoBook subnotebook or Ultra-Mobile PC.
- VIA Rail, a Canadian passenger rail company
- VIA Metropolitan Transit, a mass transit agency serving San Antonio, Texas.
- Via (magazine) - AAA's travel magazine.
- Via Foundation Nadace Via - A nonprofit organization based in Prague, Czech Republic
- Angela Via, singer and songwriter
- The U.S. ticker symbol for Viacom class A shares
via in German: VIA
via in Esperanto: VIA
via in French: VIA
via in Korean: VIA
via in Italian: VIA
via in Dutch: VIA
via in Polish: VIA
via in Portuguese: VIA
via in Finnish: Via
via in Swedish: Via