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chinampa

chinampa noun: a floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.

Noun

chinampa (plural chinampas)

  1. (historical) A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.
    Synonyms:
    floating garden

chinampa meaning in Tamil

chinampa in Tamil

மிதவைத் தோட்டம்

Synonyms of chinampa

Forms of chinampa

pluralchinampas

Origin of chinampa

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

Questions about chinampa

What does chinampa mean?
Chinampa means a floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.
What is chinampa in Tamil?
Chinampa in Tamil is மிதவைத் தோட்டம். See Chinampa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chinampa?
Chinampa is a noun.
What is the plural of chinampa?
The plural of chinampa is chinampas.

Words near chinampa in the dictionary

  1. Chinamaxxing
  2. Chinameca
  3. chinamen
  4. Chinamen on their backs
  5. Chinamen's chances
  6. chinampa
  7. chinampas
  8. Chinan
  9. Chinandega
  10. Chinangin
  11. Chinantec

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chinampa (page history and authors); chinampa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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