noun
Meaning 1
A route used by traders for commercial transport of goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
trade route
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noun
Meaning 2
a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seaway, sea lane, ship route
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lane
Narrower terms: Saint Lawrence Seaway, St. Lawrence Seaway
noun
Meaning 3
a route followed by traders (usually in caravans)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: path, route, itinerary
Narrower terms: Silk Road
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: гандлёвы шлях (handljóvy šljax) — route used by traders
- Catalan: ruta comercial — route used by traders
- Danish: handelsrute — route used by traders
- Dutch: handelsroute — route used by traders
- Esperanto: komerca vojo — route used by traders
- Estonian: kaubatee — route used by traders
- Finnish: kauppareitti — route used by traders
- French: route commerciale — route used by traders
- Georgian: სავაჭრო გზა (savač̣ro gza) — route used by traders
- Georgian: სავაჭრო მარშრუტი (savač̣ro maršruṭi) — route used by traders
- German: Handelsweg — route used by traders
- German: Handelsroute — route used by traders
- Icelandic: verslunarleið — route used by traders
- Indonesian: jalur perdagangan — route used by traders
- Japanese: 交易路 — route used by traders
- Korean: 무역로 (muyeongno) — route used by traders
- Lithuanian: prekybinis kelias — route used by traders
- Norwegian Bokmål: handelsrute — route used by traders
- Norwegian Nynorsk: handelsrute — route used by traders
- Persian: مسیر تجاری — route used by traders
- Polish: szlak handlowy — route used by traders
- Portuguese: rota de comércio — route used by traders
- Russian: торго́вый путь (torgóvyj putʹ) — route used by traders
- Slovak: obchodná cesta — route used by traders
- Slovene: trgovska pot — route used by traders
- Spanish: ruta comercial — route used by traders
- Swedish: handelsled — route used by traders
- Swedish: handelsväg — route used by traders
- Ukrainian: торговий шлях (torhovyj šljax) — route used by traders