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

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.

At half past five we reached the rancho of Sabachsh�, lying on the camino real from Ticul to Bolonchen, and inhabited entirely by Indians.

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.