chinampa

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noun chinampa an artificially created island used for growing crops in Mexican or in Mesoamerican agriculture 3
noun chinampa (in Mesoamerica) a long and narrow floating field on a shallow lake bed, artificially built up by layering soil, sediment, and decaying vegetation and used, especially by the Aztecs, to grow crops. 1
noun chinampa (historical, in ancient Mesoamerica) A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown. 1

before 1830

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1830-40; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl < chinamitl area enclosed by canes + pa on

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