Bob H
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Please, someone help me with the meaning of "Milpas". Someone told me it refers to a corn field, thus the translation would be The Four Cornfields.
But then someone else said that it refers to a small portion of land or a hectare. Anyone have something to tell me about this?
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Bob H
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"A "milpa" is a plot of land, usually 1 to 4 hectares in size, where a family grows several nutritious food crops -traditionally corn, beans, squash
and chile."
http://www.milpas.org/About_Milpas/about_milpas.html
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The translation would be the four corn fields. It is a generic term for a corn field, and does not denote any specific size. There is a town in
California whose name derives from the same word, Milpitas, which would translate as small corn fields.
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Bob H
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Thank you very very much.
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There's a restaurant on Milpas St. in Santa Barbara called Cautros Milpas and it's been a few years but I swear they said it meant 4 corners.
Definately not a direct translation. And, I've been wrong many times b4.
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Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
Please, someone help me with the meaning of "Milpas". Someone told me it refers to a corn field, thus the translation would be The Four Cornfields.
But then someone else said that it refers to a small portion of land or a hectare. Anyone have something to tell me about this?
Gracias,
Bob H |
I have that book Bob, but i havent started reading it yet, it supposed to be really good.
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