Mesa Definition

māsə
mesas
noun
mesas
A small, high plateau or flat tableland with steep sides, esp. in the SW U.S.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A city in Arizona.

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A CDP in California.

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An unincorporated community in Colorado.

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A city in Washington.

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A town in Mozambique.

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Other Word Forms of Mesa

Noun

Singular:
mesa
Plural:
mesas

Origin of Mesa

  • First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table"), from Latin mÄ“nsa.

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish table, mesa from Old Spanish table from Latin mēnsa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Mesa Sentence Examples

  • They rode across a mesa and then descended to a wide creek.

  • Mesa Verde National Park, the most popular of these spec­tacular ruins, was but one of thousands in the area where the bik­ers camped.

  • A chopper landed ahead of them on a wide, flat mesa.

  • Such land is found in Palencia, and in the Mesa de Ocana, where it yields abundant crops; and many of the northern mountains are well wooded.

  • A conspicuous feature of the New Mexican landscape is the mesa, a flat-topped hill created by differential erosion and projecting above the surrounding country like a table.

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Words Starting With

MMEMES

Words Ending With

ASAESA

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Words Starting With M and Ending With A

Starts With M & Ends With AStarts With ME & Ends With AStarts With M & Ends With SA

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With M4 Letter Words Ending With A