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
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
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.
In half an hour we came into a clear and open country, and at ten we entered the camino real for Jalacho, a broad and open road, passable for calesas.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by Stephens, John L.
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.
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