Complete Definition of "mesa"

English

Etymology
First attested w:1759|1759, from Sp. mesa, "table," from L. mensa, "table."

Pronunciation
AHD: [m��s�]

Noun
mesa wikipedia
#Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges
#: " A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado."
#A city in Maricopa County, Arizona; the second largest city in the metropolitan area of Phoenix and the third largest city in Arizona.

Translations

Finnish: ylätasanko
Spanish: #Spanish|mesa
Vietnamese: núi mặt bàn

Filipino

Pronunciation
meh'-sah

Noun
mesa, plural mga mesa
#table

Synonyms
la mesa: often used interchangeably with mesa

Etymology
From Spanish mesa, table

Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mensa, table

Noun
mesa f (plural: mesas#Spanish|mesas)

  1. table
  2. flat area of land raised above other land, like the surface of a table is above the floor

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