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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Xochimilco

One lake, Xochimilco, survives, located about an hour’s taxi ride south of the city’s center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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 ● Apr. 30, 2025

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 ● Feb. 22, 2025

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 ● Mar. 21, 2024

The object of our next march was against Xochimilco, a large city on the fresh water lake of Chalco, in which most of the houses are built.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr