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swiddens

swiddens is the plural of swidden.

Meaning of swidden

Noun

swidden (plural swiddens)

  1. An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.
    • Kamiali Village is a community of swidden horticulturists and fishers lying 80 kilometers in a south-southeasterly direction along the coast from the City of Lae, Papua New Guinea.2007 Fall, F. L. (Rick) Bein, “Food Garden Capacity and Population Growth: A Case in Papua New Guinea.”, in Focus on Geography, volume 50, number 2, pages 28–33

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Questions about swiddens

What is swiddens the plural of?
Swiddens is the plural of swidden.

Words near swiddens in the dictionary

  1. swidden
  2. swiddened
  3. swiddener
  4. swiddeners
  5. swiddening
  6. swiddens
  7. Swider
  8. Swiders
  9. Swiderski
  10. Swiderskis
  11. Swieca

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