Silk Road
English
Etymology
Calque of German Seidenstraße.
Proper noun
the Silk Road
- (historical) An extensive interconnected network of trade routes across Asia, North and Northeast Africa, and Europe, historically used by silk traders.
- 2019 March 21, “After mass detentions, China razes Muslim communities to build a loyal city”, in EFE, archived from the original on 21 August 2022:
- In this old Silk Road city in western China, a state security campaign involving the detention of vast numbers of people has moved to its next stage: demolishing their neighborhoods and purging their culture.
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Derived terms
- Silk Road disease
Translations
routes used by silk traders across Europe, Asia and northern Africa
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Anagrams
- kilorads