via

American  

[vahy-uh, vee-uh] / ˈvaɪ ə, ˈvi ə /

preposition

1. by a route that touches or passes through; by way of.

   From here, you would fly to Japan via the North Pole.

2. by the agency or means of.

   The task of identifying maps was entirely done by volunteers who were selected via an online campaign.

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noun

1. Architecture. a space between two mutules.

2. Electronics. an electrical connection between layers of a circuit board, usually made by placing conductive metal pads on each layer and drilling a hole through them, then adding more conductive metal to the inside of the hole.

via British  

/ ˈvaɪə /

preposition

1. by way of; by means of; through

   to London via Paris

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Etymology

Origin of via

First recorded in 1770–80; from Latin viā, ablative of via “way”; way ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Fleabag and Baby Reindeer also went from the Fringe to the TV screen via Soho Theatre.

From BBC

“Doc came to the mound, and he said, ‘Good luck in the WBC,’” Yamamoto said via interpreter Yoshihiro Sonoda.

From Los Angeles Times

She had booked accommodation via Airbnb and a rental car.

From The Wall Street Journal

In China, Shen invested in e-commerce via Alibaba and JD.com; the mobile internet through Meituan, a food delivery app, and TikTok parent ByteDance; and the emergence of China as an internet shopfront for the world via Shein and PDD, which owns Temu.

From The Wall Street Journal

The digital age has made us a DIY economy in which millions of jobs no longer exist not because computers do the work, but because the work has been shifted, via computers, directly onto the consumer.

From Los Angeles Times