Definitions for MESAˈmeɪ sə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
me•saˈmeɪ sə(n.)(pl.)-sas.
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top: common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
Category: Geography (terms)
Origin of mesa:
1750–60, Amer.; < Sp: table < L mēnsa
Me•saˈmeɪ sə(n.)
a city in central Arizona, near Phoenix. 344,764.
Category: Geography (places)
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Mesa(noun)
a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
Wiktionary
mesa(Noun)
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."
Origin: First attested 1759, from mesa, from mensa.
Webster Dictionary
Mesa
a high tableland; a plateau on a hill
Translations for MESA
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
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- misAfrikaans
- قُدّاس في الكنيسَهArabic
- литургияBulgarian
- missaPortuguese (BR)
- mšeCzech
- die MesseGerman
- messeDanish
- θεία λειτουργίαGreek
- misaSpanish
- missaEstonian
- مراسم شام اخرFarsi
- messuFinnish
- messeFrench
- מִיסָהHebrew
- ईसा के अन्मि भोज की स्मृति में मनाया जाने वाला उत्सव, मास, इस उत्सव पर बाइबल आदि का पाठHindi
- misaCroatian
- miseHungarian
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- messaItalian
- ミサJapanese
- 미사Korean
- mišiosLithuanian
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- messeNorwegian
- mszaPolish
- مراسم شام اخرPersian
- په روم كښى د مراسمو نومPashto
- missaPortuguese
- mesăRomanian
- мессаRussian
- omšaSlovak
- mašaSlovenian
- misaSerbian
- mässaSwedish
- พิธีรำลึกถึงวันสวรรคตของพระเยซูในศาสนาคริสต์Thai
- Komünyon; Aşai Ruhbanı ÂyiniTurkish
- 彌撒Chinese (Trad.)
- літургія, месаUkrainian
- عشائے ربانی خصوصا رومن کلیسا میںUrdu
- lễ MétVietnamese
- 弥撒Chinese (Simp.)
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