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
For several miles our route coincided with that of the camino real to San Miguel, and we rode along it gayly, in high and hopeful spirits.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 by Various
This highway was known as the camino real.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Our direction was south, on the camino real to Bolonchen.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
A narrow path brought us out into the camino real, along which we passed several small ranchos of sugar-cane.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. by Stephens, John L.
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