chinampa

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

chinampa (plural chinampas)

1. (historical, in ancient Mesoamerica) A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.

• Panchami, champian

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chināmpan, from chināmitl (“cane fence”) + -pan (“on”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈnampa/ [t͡ʃiˈnãm.pa]
• Rhymes: -ampa
• Syllabification: chi‧nam‧pa

chinampa f (plural chinampas)

1. (Mexico) an artificial island used for farming
2. (Mexico, in the plural) the chinampa method of agriculture

   Synonym: sistema de chinampas

• “chinampa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024