trade route
Americannoun
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trade routes
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of trade route
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The Gyirong Port is also a major border crossing between Nepal and China as well as an important trade route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The beverage’s roots go back to 1565, when the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route began between Mexico and the Philippines, permanently altering both countries’ culinary trajectories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Experts say this indicates the bridge is expected to become an important trade route between the two countries.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Shipping traffic remains throttled in the Strait of Hormuz, a trade route off Iran’s coast that fully a third of the world’s seagoing oil exports traverse in a normal year.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
Perhaps the Austronesian colonists of Madagascar reached India from Indonesia by that eastern trade route and then fell in with the westward trade route to East Africa, where they joined with Africans and discovered Madagascar.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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