How do you use Milpa in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Milpa meaning
- A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica.
- 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.
Using Milpa
- The main meaning on this page is: A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica. | 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.
- In the example corpus, milpa often appears in combinations such as: the milpa, milpa alta.
Context around Milpa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 35.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Milpa
- In this selection, "milpa" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 35.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, burn, alta, restaurant and cuisine stand out and add context to how "milpa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and burn milpa as a and flores of milpa restaurant offers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "milpa" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with milpa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chef-owner DJ Flores of Milpa restaurant offers a modern Mexican menu, including being one of the only restaurants in town to make corn tortillas from scratch. (27 words)
Though Molino Pujol, a restaurant under the umbrella of chef Enrique Olvera’s hospitality ecosystem, serves omnivores, it’s also a solid option for vegans, who can indulge in the corn-centric menu inspired by milpa cuisine. (37 words)
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). (39 words)
On the extremes, we have the rich and famous who are greedy, and on the other side of the communal rights matter specifically we have those who see slash and burn (milpa) as a sacrament, our connection with the ancestors. (40 words)
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). (39 words)
Though Molino Pujol, a restaurant under the umbrella of chef Enrique Olvera’s hospitality ecosystem, serves omnivores, it’s also a solid option for vegans, who can indulge in the corn-centric menu inspired by milpa cuisine. (37 words)
Example sentences (4)
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).
Chef-owner DJ Flores of Milpa restaurant offers a modern Mexican menu, including being one of the only restaurants in town to make corn tortillas from scratch.
Though Molino Pujol, a restaurant under the umbrella of chef Enrique Olvera’s hospitality ecosystem, serves omnivores, it’s also a solid option for vegans, who can indulge in the corn-centric menu inspired by milpa cuisine.
On the extremes, we have the rich and famous who are greedy, and on the other side of the communal rights matter specifically we have those who see slash and burn (milpa) as a sacrament, our connection with the ancestors.
Common combinations with milpa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: