camino real

[ kah-mee-nawre-ahl ]

noun,plural ca·mi·nos re·a·les [kah-mee-nawsre-ah-les]. /kɑˈmi nɔs rɛˈɑ lɛs/. Spanish.
  1. a main road; highway.

Origin of camino real

1
Literally, “royal road”

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How to use camino real in a sentence

  • The queso at Trigger in Portland or El camino real in Philadelphia.

  • Near this lone bell another road, an offspring of old El camino real, runs quickly from its gray and patient sire.

    Overland Red | Henry Herbert Knibbs
  • I knowed of the old El camino real and the bells, so we kept our eye peeled for that particular dream road, kind of for fun.

    Overland Red | Henry Herbert Knibbs
  • Before him stretched the hot gray level of El camino real, the road to the beyond.

    Overland Red | Henry Herbert Knibbs
  • The next day we followed for some time the camino real, which leads from Acaponeta to the towns of Mezquital and Durango.

  • The expedition followed practically the route which afterwards became the camino real.

    The March of Portol | Zoeth S. Eldredge and E. J. Molera