chinampa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish chinampa, from Classical Nahuatl chināmitl (“cane fence”).
Noun[edit]
chinampa (plural chinampas)
- (historical, in ancient Mesoamerica) A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.
Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chināmpan, from chināmitl (“cane fence”) + -pan (“on”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chinampa f (plural chinampas)
- (Mexico) an artificial island used for farming
- (Mexico, in the plural) the chinampa method of agriculture
- Synonym: sistema de chinampas
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chinampa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ampa
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