trade route

noun

1. any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trade route¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Genoa’s New Tech-Savvy BridgeWhen a section of the Morandi viaduct in Genoa collapsed in August 2018, it claimed 43 lives and severed a vital trade route between northern Italy and France.

From Ozy

Rare earths aside, China sees Greenland as an opportunity to have a stronger foothold in the Arctic, with ambitions to expand infrastructure and trade routes throughout the region.

From Ozy

The nexus of ancient East-West trade routes, this landlocked country hosts many languages, artisan traditions, and centuries of influence from Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu customs.

From MIT Technology Review

It was overrun by bandits just before Geralt cleared them out, but the village now maintains a healthy trade route for its magical urns and crockery.

From Washington Post

I’ve always seen Shasta as a sort of slightly more friendly volcanic cousin of Mount Rainier, at least by each mountain’s trade route—Shasta is a couple hundred feet lower, and the climb is a bit shorter in both mileage and elevation gain.

From Outside Online

All were led by William Barents, he of the famous strait, who sought to find a shorter trade route from Europe to China.

From The Daily Beast

You tell yourself you'll quit after "one more turn," just as soon as you complete the trade route between two cities.

From The Daily Beast

Romanoff had told him that as the island was on the great trade route it was impossible for them to be left there long.

From Project Gutenberg

During this period there was a regular trade-route between the Baltic and the Mediterranean.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus then ended the second attempt to establish a trade-route between China and India.

From Project Gutenberg

Over this bridge runs the important trade route to Tok-jalung which I have mentioned above.

From Project Gutenberg

It is perhaps the ugliest track to call a trade route in the whole wide world.

From Project Gutenberg

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