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milpan

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Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • milpa (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From mīlli (sown field) + -pan.

Pronunciation

Noun

mīlpan (locative)

  1. (in) agricultural land; cultivated fields, the country.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: milpa

References

  • Rémi Siméon (1885), Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 276

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