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
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.
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 Lumholtz, Carl
The raiders had approached San Antonio de los Banos across the fields at the rear, but Colonel Lopez led their retreat by way of the camino real which followed the riverbank.
From Rainbow's End by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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.
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