the route extending from Lashio in Burma (now Myanmar) to Chongqing in China, which was used by the Allies during World War II to supply military equipment to Chiang Kai-shek's forces in China
Burma Road in American English
noun
a road extending from Lashio, Myanmar, to Chungking, China: used during World War II tosupply Allied military forces in China
Word origin
[1935–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, aeroembolism, bingo, fluorocarbon, hard core