camino real
Americannoun
plural
caminos realesEtymology
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 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 Stephens, John L.
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.
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 Stephens, John L.
We had emerged from the narrow and tangled path of milpas and ranchos, and were once more on a camino real.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.
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