nanja
An Indian agricultural term for cultivable wetland — land that retains moisture or is irrigated, suitable for wet crops like rice.
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An Indian agricultural term for cultivable wetland — land that retains moisture or is irrigated, suitable for wet crops like rice. Used in Tamil Nadu and parts of southern India to describe paddy-growing land as distinct from drier dry-land farming (punjai). The term appears in land records, agricultural surveys, and official documentation in the region.
The family's nanja land had been producing rice for three generations before the drought.
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(India) cultivable wetland.
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