Silk Road

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An extensive interconnected network of trade routes across Asia, North and Northeast Africa, and Europe, historically used by silk traders.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Silk Road the Silk Road

Etymology

Calque of German Seidenstraße.

Derived words

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