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melón milpa.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
melón milpa.
Principal English Translation: 

a field of melons (partially a loanword from Spanish, melón (see Molina); milpa is milli with a directional suffix

Orthographic Variants: 
melon milpa
Alonso de Molina: 

melon milpa. melonar. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 55v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

See also: 
milli.