chinampa
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English
Etymology
From Spanish chinampa, from Classical Nahuatl chināmitl (“cane fence”).
Noun
chinampa (plural chinampas)
- (historical, in ancient Mesoamerica) A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chināmpan, from chināmitl (“cane fence”) + -pan (“on”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Further reading
- “chinampa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28