Via \Vi"a\ (v[imac]"[.a] or v[=e]"[.a]), n. [L. See {Way}.] A road or way. [1913 Webster] {Via Lactea} [L.] (Astron.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See {Galaxy}, 1. {Via media} [L.] (Theol.), 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. [1913 Webster]
Via \Vi"a\, prep. [L., ablative of via way. See {Way}.] By the way of; as, to send a letter via Queenstown to London. [1913 Webster]
VIA VAX Information Architecture (VAX, DEC)
VIA. A cart-way, which also includes a foot-way and a horse-way. Vide Way.