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milpa
[ mil-puh ]
/ ˈmɪl pə /
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noun
(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.
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Origin of milpa
1835–45, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl mīlpan, equivalent to mīl(li) cultivated field + -pan locative suffix
Words nearby milpa
milord, MÃlos, Milosevic, Milosevic, Slobodan, Milosz, milpa, milphosis, Milpitas, milquetoast, M.I.L.R., milreis
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