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chinamitl
Nahuatl · pre-1500s
"a fence of reeds or canes"
named the cane or reed fence used to build raised agricultural plots in shallow lakes
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chinampa
Spanish · 1600s
"an artificial, canal-lined agricultural plot"
adopted into Mexican Spanish to describe the Aztec raised-bed farming system
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chinampa
English · 1840s
"a Mesoamerican raised-field farming technique, sometimes called a 'floating garden'"
borrowed into English through historical and archaeological writing on Aztec agriculture
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