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mesa

1

[ mey-suh ]

noun

  1. a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.


Mesa

2

[ mey-suh ]

noun

  1. a city in central Arizona, near Phoenix.

mesa

/ ˈmeɪsə /

noun

  1. a flat tableland with steep edges, common in the southwestern US


mesa

/ /

  1. An area of high land with a flat top and two or more steep, clifflike sides. Mesas are larger than buttes and smaller than plateaus, and are common in the southwest United States.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mesa1

1750–60, Americanism; < Spanish: table < Latin mēnsa

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mesa1

from Spanish: table

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Example Sentences

Solis reports that the fire department in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, is now including mobile home parks on summer wellness checks.

From a medical standpoint, the question is how much worse is it going to get for us here in Mesa.

She’s still packing her apartment in Mesa and preparing for the move to Tempe.

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He’ll oversee a $780 million annual budget for San Diego City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges, and the San Diego College of Continuing Education.

When Eric is not working, he’s usually at home, swapping weeks between his divorced parents — mom in Scottsdale, dad in Mesa.

As revealed in Orange County Weekly, the California congressman left the million-dollar rental in Chula Mesa, California a mess.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports also are on the lookout for Dorner.

Last July, the California cities of Irvine and Costa Mesa were plagued by a series of small fires.

The opposition alliance, Mesa de la Unidad, has put forward an aggressive plan to defend the votes.

Mesa and Venturini said they knew Poppo would head back to the parking lot stairwell again that night to sleep.

The pack mules were already below the mesa, and reached in a long line over the range towards the cañon of the eastern trail.

They watched Clodomiro circle over the mesa trail and follow the women down the slope of the little valley.

Four Indian youths with a huge and furious bull came charging down the mesa towards the corral.

As they proceeded, the rocks gradually disappeared from the sides of the trail and the country flattened into a level mesa.

Does the bird-lover ask what species dwell on a treeless mesa like this?

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