milpan

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• milpa — noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl mīlpan Date: 1648 1. a. a small field in Mexico or Central America that is cleared from the forest, cropped for a few seasons, and abandoned for a fresh clearing b. a maize field in Mexico or Central… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• milpa — /mil peuh/, n. (in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned. [1835 45, Amer.; < MexSp < Nahuatl milpan, equiv. to mil(li) cultivated field + pan locative… …   Universalium