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Definition of Chinampa
1. Noun. A method of ancient agriculture, once used in Mexico, that used artificial islands of fertile land. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chinampa
1. a floating garden [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinampa
Literary usage of Chinampa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fair God: A Tale of the Conquest of Mexico by Lew[is] Wallace (1898)
"... that swung to and fro regularly as the chinampa obeyed the waves, lay Tula
and Nene- tzin. They were both beautiful, but different in their beauty. ..."
2. History of the New World Called America by Edward John Payne (1892)
"(3) For some time after the chinampa has been formed, it does in fact float on
the mud, and is dragged from its first position in order that the cultivator ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"chinampas The one form of pre-Columbian drainage that has long been known and
well studied is the chinampa system of the Valley of Mexico (2). ..."
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