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

Example Sentences

China creating a ‘Polar Silk Road’ is a bit like Kansas declaring itself a coastal state and building a navy.

From MarketWatch

Beijing views future sea routes through the High North as a shortcut for global commerce, a so-called Polar Silk Road.

From The Wall Street Journal

This “new Silk Road” starts in China, runs through central Asia, and ends in Europe, mirroring the ancient Silk Road passages that traders carried silk and spices along for more than a thousand years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

China is investing heavily to advance its New Silk Road initiative, a massive transport and infrastructure project to boost land routes between Asia and Europe.

From Barron's

They travelled around Europe and into the UK with the Romans and then started moving east along the Silk Road into China.

From BBC

Related Words

• sea lane