milpa

Noun

Meaning

(agriculture, uncountable) A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica.

(agriculture, countable) A small field, especially in Mexico or Central America, that is cleared from the jungle, cropped for a few seasons, and then abandoned for a fresh clearing.

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His grammar sketch of the Milpa Alta dialect of Nahuatl was not published during his lifetime, but it was published posthumously by Harry Hoijer The Milpa Alta dialect of Aztec (with notes on the Classical and the Tepoztlan dialects). Source: Internet

The arrest came Friday afternoon at a home in La Milpa de Guararí in Heredia where police were waiting for the suspect Harold Steven Hernández Quirós. Source: Internet

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