ca·mi·no re·al \kə|mē(ˌ)nōrāˈäl\noun (pluralcaminos re·a·les \-nō(s)rāˈä(ˌ)lās\ ; orcamino reals \-ˈälz\) Etymology: Spanish, highway, literally, royal road : a main highway; especially: a highway originally existing during the period of Spanish rule in the Southwest, Mexico, and Central America < wagons will not travel along that camino real beyond Vao Colorao — Oliver La Farge >