Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Among the ancient Aztecs, a garden-bed assigned out of the communal land to a particular family.
- noun A cultivated field, especially a field of maize.
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Examples
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Miltomatl stands for a 'tomato' from the milpa, which is a polycultural agrosystem with maize and beans as main crops.
Seeds Aside 2008
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Can't Post | Private Reply have been fishing in lago aqua milpa N of Tepic for many years and have always liked the area ..
move to Tepic 2009
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The milpa, or cornfield, is probably the most important element in the life of the rural Mexican farmer, apart from his family ... read more cuisines culture-customs
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Corn, beans and squash: the life cycle of the milpa by
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My wife hiked up to see her milpa with its magnificent views of nearby mountains and canyons and was mightily impressed.
Chamula Power 2009
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Corn, beans and squash: the life cycle of the milpa
Squash vine soup with corn dumplings: Sopa de guias con chochoyones 2009
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My wife hiked up to see her milpa with its magnificent views of nearby mountains and canyons and was mightily impressed.
Chamula Power 2009
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The village appears to be small but most people live out in the country near their milpa in small communities.
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When I say I go native in Chiapas I mean eating tamales and visiting indigenous villages and beautiful places, not living in a primitive hut on a mountaintop scratching out a living in my tiny milpa while taking care of 10 kids who work the streets of San Cristóbal 12 hours a day selling chiclets and hoping to survive another day.
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The village appears to be small but most people live out in the country near their milpa in small communities.
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Based on the interconnections between plants and the surrounding elements, the “milpa” system combines nature with various managed crops such as corn, squash and beansß.
These photos reveal the unique agricultural system of the Maya people Matteo Fagotto 2025
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Rather than extracting everything from the land, the milpa approach focuses on the long-term benefits of sustainable land management.
These photos reveal the unique agricultural system of the Maya people Matteo Fagotto 2025
hernesheir commented on the word milpa
When I lived in Mexico I was told by a farmer in the state of Guanajuato that people in that area occasionally unearthed clay figurines when they plowed their milpas before planting -- that their ancestors buried in hopes of a good maize crop. I was told they rebury them so as not to disturb the gods of their ancestors.
July 24, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word milpa
The word milpa is a Mexican Spanish term meaning "field", and is derived from the Nahuatl word phrase mil-pa "to the field" (Nahuatl mil-li "field" + -pa "towards").
October 3, 2010