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

We had emerged from the narrow and tangled path of milpas and ranchos, and were once more on a camino real.

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

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

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.

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