"Carne Norte" (alternative spelling: "karne norte") is another term that is used to describe Philippine corned beef. Literally translating to "Northern meat" in Spanish, the term refers to Americans, whom Filipinos referred then as norteamericanos, just like the rest of Spain's colonies, where there is a differentiation between what is norteamericano (Canadian, American, Mexicano) as there are between centroamericano ( Nicaraguense, Costarricense et al.) and sudamericano ( Colombiano, Equatoriano, Paraguayo, et al.). The colonial mindset distinction then of what was "norteamericano" was countries north of the Viceroy's Road | "Camino de Virreyes", the route used to transport goods from the Manila Galleon landing in the port of Acapulco overland for Havana via the port of Veracruz (and not the Rio Grande river in Texas today), thus centroamericano meant the other Spanish possessions south of Mexico city.