MESA

Mesa

(noun) a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

mesa, table

(noun) flat tableland with steep edges; “the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mesa (plural mesas)

Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

Coordinate term: butte

Hyponyms: potrero, tuya

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, MSAE, Same, eams, mase, meas, same, seam

Proper noun

Mesa

A city in Maricopa County, Arizona.

A census-designated place in Inyo County, California.

An unincorporated community in Colorado.

A city in Washington.

A town in Mozambique.

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, MSAE, Same, eams, mase, meas, same, seam

Source: Wiktionary


Me"sa, Etym: [Sp.]

Definition: A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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