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Burma Road

Burma Road noun: an important military supply route.

Noun

Burma Road (plural Burma Roads)

  1. (figuratively) An important military supply route.
    • A “Burma Road” for Africa, or, in fact, a pair of “Burma Roads,” may develop from the current improvement of British and Free French roads across Central Africa.1942 March 9, “New Allied Life Line Across Africa”, in Geographic School Bulletin, volume 21, number 3
    • Between January 1, 1943, and June 1, 1945, an average of slightly more than 17 trains plied daily between the two termini of the railway. During all this period, it served as the super-Burma Road to Russia.1947, Raj Narain Gupta, Iran: An Economic Study, page 145

Forms of Burma Road

pluralBurma Roads

Origin of Burma Road

From the name of a road in Burma which ran to the frontier with China, built in 1937–1938 by the British in order to circumvent the Japanese blockade of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) during World War II.

Questions about Burma Road

What does Burma Road mean?
Burma Road means an important military supply route.
What part of speech is Burma Road?
Burma Road is a noun.
What is the plural of Burma Road?
The plural of Burma Road is Burma Roads.

Words near Burma Road in the dictionary

  1. Burlton
  2. burlwood
  3. burly
  4. burlywood
  5. Burma
  6. Burma Road
  7. Burma Roads
  8. Burmah
  9. Burman
  10. Burmanization
  11. Burmanize

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