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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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