Via /(vī"ȧ [or] vē"ȧ)/

Vi·a

Via

n.
  1. A road or way.

Phrases & Compounds
Via Lactea
the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See Galaxy, 1.
Via media
the middle way; -- a name applied to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term extreme Protestantism.

Via

prep.
  1. By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London.