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camino real

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

noun

Spanish.

plural

caminos reales
  1. a main road; highway.


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

The broad "camino real" sweeps three miles over sand dunes to the mission.

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard

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.

Following the camino real to a point about in a range with the triumphal arch, there is a narrow path which leads to two buildings enclosed by a fence for a milpa.

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

Perhaps they have been known to the Indians from time immemorial; but, as the padrecito told us, until the opening of the camino real to Bolonchen they were utterly unknown to the white inhabitants.

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