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camino real

American  
[kah-mee-naw re-ahl] / kɑˈmi nɔ rɛˈɑl /

noun

Spanish.
  • caminos reales
    plural
  1. a main road; highway.


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Etymology

Origin of camino real

Literally, “royal road”

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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

The camino real ran through the midst of them, and the field was so open that, without dismounting, we rode close in to some of the principal edifices.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens

Leaving the camino real, we turned again into a milpa path, and in about an hour came in sight of another ruined city, known by the name of Ytsimpte.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by John L. Stephens

This highway was known as the camino real.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

The next day we followed for some time the camino real, which leads from Acaponeta to the towns of Mezquital and Durango.

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz

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