Etymology

milpa

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Today it means: A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica. Full definition →

Spanish milpa
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frommilpa
  2. English todaymilpa

Borrowed from Spanish milpa, from Classical Nahuatl.

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