Spanish Road

proper noun

A land route which was used from 1567–1620 for military supply and trade, and stretched from northern Italy to the Low Countries.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Spanish Road
  1. historicalA land route which was used from 1567–1620 for military supply and trade, and stretched from northern Italy to the Low Countries.
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    2008, Ciro Paoletti, A Military History of Italy, Greenwood Publishing (Praeger Security International), page 25, Soon after the war began, Spain moved its troops north along the Spanish Road. It was impossible to prevent their movement in Italy, but it was possible to cut the Spanish Road in Switzerland, in the Valtelline.

Translations

French chemin des Espagnols, couloir sarde
  • chemin des Espagnolshistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
  • couloir sardehistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
German Spanische Straße
  • Spanische Straßehistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
Italian Cammino di Fiandra, Cammino Spagnolo
  • Cammino di Fiandrahistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
  • Cammino Spagnolohistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
Portuguese Caminho Espanhol
  • Caminho Espanholhistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
Spanish camino español, camino de los españoles
  • camino españolhistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
  • camino de los españoleshistorical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Spanish Road

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Cite this entry
APA

Spanish Road. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spanish%20Road

MLA

“Spanish Road.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spanish%20Road. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Spanish Road,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Spanish%20Road.

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