chinampa

noun

chi·​nam·​pa

chə̇ˈnampə,

-äm-

plural -s

: a Mexican artificial meadow or garden reclaimed from a lake or pond by piling soil dredged from the bottom onto a mat of twigs and planting thereon

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl, from chinamitl reed or twig mat + pa on

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