Burma Road

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Noun === Burma Road (plural Burma Roads) (figuratively) An important military supply route. === References === === Further reading === Dwight L. Bolinger (December 1942), “Among the New Words”, in American Speech; republished as John Algeo, editor, Fifty Years Among the New Words: A Dictionary of Neologisms, 1941–1991, Cambridge University Press, 1991, →ISBN, page 93: “Burma Road. The road from Burma to China, used as a military supply-route. +fig. A supply-route of similar nature or importance.” “Burma Road”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “Burma Road”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.