mesa

[ mey-suh ]
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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.

Origin of mesa

1
1750–60, Americanism;<Spanish: table <Latin mēnsa

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Mesa
[ mey-suh ]

noun
  1. a city in central Arizona, near Phoenix.

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British Dictionary definitions for mesa

mesa

/ (ˈmeɪsə) /


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

Origin of mesa

1
from Spanish: table

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Scientific definitions for mesa

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  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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