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
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.
Our direction was south, on the camino real to Bolonchen.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. 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.
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
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