camino real

American  

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

noun

Spanish.

plural

caminos reales

1. a main road; highway.

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Etymology

Origin of camino real

Literally, “royal road”

Example Sentences

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

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.

The ruins are nine leagues from Valladolid, the camino real to which passes directly through the field.

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

Back again on the "camino real" I found the going for once ideal.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson

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.