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 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
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
The road upon which we entered turned off abruptly from the camino real.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
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.
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