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Silk Road

American  

[silk rohd] / ˈsɪlk ˈroʊd /

Sometimes Silk Route

noun

1. an ancient, 4,000-mile network of trade routes linking China with the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Roman Empire, and later revived during the Middle Ages: named for the lucrative trade in silk from China to the West.

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Etymology

Origin of Silk Road

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

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Silk Road

The Liverpool lads travelled the fastest overall from Palermo in sunny Sicily, Italy, to the snow-covered Hatgal in northern Mongolia - via the ancient Silk Road.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

He pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance; Trevor Milton, convicted of defrauding investors in truck maker Nikola; and Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the crypto-fueled black market Silk Road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Indeed, history is filled with examples of this, from the medieval Black Death hitchhiking along the Silk Road to the “Russian flu” pandemic of the late 19th century that was accelerated by trains and steamships.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Beijing is pursuing what it calls a Polar Silk Road.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

He told the story as if he was an adventurer on the Silk Road.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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