La Canacinta

[JayBearII]

It's a street west of Ajijic and since we live there now, we'd like to know what it means. We've asked around and looked in dictionaries without result.

[Bisbee Gal]

Here's my guess........

If you break the word down to: Cana and Cinta, Cana means sugar cane; and Cinta means ribbon.

I searched and there is a type of sugar cane, called Ribbon Sugar Cane.

I could not confirm that Ribbon Cane is grown in Mexico, but Mexico is a worldwide leader in sugar cane production.

Again, pure entymological conjecture on my part.

[willieboy]

Here's my guess........

If you break the word down to: Cana and Cinta, Cana means sugar cane; and Cinta means ribbon.

Cana means "grey or white hair"

Caña is the word for "cane"

But often the "~" is omitted, especially with capital letters.

My dictionary also shows another definition for "caña" as being a "reed". Maybe since we live by the lake it's being used as reed in this context.

[cedros]

A realtor told me it was the name of a small yellow bird.

Maybe a plant?

DE LA CAÑA CINTA.

( Atundo donax variegata. )

Luz caña cinta produce igualmente q^ue I^ anterior su$

hojas listadas de blanco y verde claro 9 y es s^un ma<

apreciable que la yerba cima-par quanto es planta mas

crecida , de hojas mas anchas 9 y de cultivo mas deli-

cado. Su multiplicación se efectúa asimismo por la di-

visión de sus raices ; pero en el caso de que la plan-*

ta madre no se halle fértil y vigorosa y con numero-

sos hijuelos 9 es expuesto el divkfir sus raices , y hay

riesgo de que se pierda. Los terrenos proprios para

el cultivo de las cañas comunes , y los que gozan bas-

tante humedad son los mas aparentes para su planiio«

Pueden aprovecharse para este cultivo algunos ter«-

renos pantanosos , en los que dificilmente pueden pros^^

perar otros vegetales mas delicados. Con estoi se logra ¡