ALL meanings of chinampa
chi·nam·pa
C c - noun chinampa an artificially created island used for growing crops in Mexican or in Mesoamerican agriculture 3
- noun chinampa (historical, in ancient Mesoamerica) A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown. 1
- 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