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
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.
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.
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
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.
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