mesa

See also Mesa, and mésá

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: [māʹsə], IPA: /ˈmeɪ.sə/, X-SAMPA: /meIs@/

Noun

mesa

1. 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."

Related terms

• potrero
• butte
• tuya

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: ylätasanko (fi), pöytävuori (fi)
• Hungarian: fennsík (hu)
• Italian: altopiano (it) m
• Navajo: dah azką́
• Norwegian: platå (no) n

• Russian: столовая гора (ru) (stolovája gorá) f
• Spanish: mesa (es)
• Vietnamese: núi mặt bàn

Anagrams

• ASME
• mase
• same
• seam

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Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈme.sa]

Noun

mesa f (plural meses)

1. table

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Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish mesa.

Noun

mesa

1. table

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin mēnsa.

Noun

mesa f (plural mesas)

1. table
2. all items set on a table for a meal
3. board; directors of an organization

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Gothic

Romanization

mēsa

1. See 𐌼𐌴𐍃𐌰

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Portuguese

mesa

Etymology

From Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈme.zɐ/

Noun

mesa f (plural mesas)

1. table (item of furniture)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈme̞sa/

Noun

mesa f (plural mesas)

1. table
2. mesa

Related terms

• mesero

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish mesa (“table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmɛsa]

Noun

mesa

1. table

Synonyms

• la mesa: often used interchangeably with mesa