Xochimilco

British  

/ ˌkɒtʃɪˈmɪlkəʊ /

noun

1. a town in central Mexico, on Lake Xochimilco: noted for its floating gardens. Pop: 364 647 (2000)

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Example Sentences

The waters of Xochimilco - shaped by traditional farming practices and flushed with spring water from the mountains - used to teem with these amphibians.

From BBC

The scientists released their captive-bred animals at two sites - one in Xochimilco and one at a disused quarry that, over decades, has turned into what they called an "artificial wetland".

From BBC

Xochimilco, a borough of Mexico City, is home to the last remaining canals from the once-extensive lake and waterway system that covered the Valley of Mexico before Spanish colonization.

From Salon

A few miles away, in the Xochimilco village of Santa Cruz Acalpixca — known in Aztec times as “the place where canoes are watched over” — most homes lack plumbing.

From Los Angeles Times

In the contemporary, helter-skelter sweep of Mexico City, there is one place — in the southern borough of Xochimilco — where a vision of a watery, pre-Columbian capital may still be imagined.

From Los Angeles Times