English Explanatory Dictionary

chinampa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.

Word forms

chinampa chinampas

Etymology

From Spanish chinampa, from Classical Nahuatl chināmitl (“cane fence”).

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