camino real
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of camino real
Literally, “royal road”
Example Sentences
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But when he was in his prime Taxco was an important trading town on the transcontinental camino real, along which the trade of Spain and the Orient was transshipped.
From Time Magazine Archive
We descended the sierra, and at the foot of it struck the camino real.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
The road upon which we entered turned off abruptly from the camino real.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
For a league we followed the camino real, at which distance we saw a little opening on the left, where one of our Indians was waiting for us.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
At half past five we reached the rancho of Sabachsh�, lying on the camino real from Ticul to Bolonchen, and inhabited entirely by Indians.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.
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