Definitions
Etymologies
- First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa ("table"), from Latin mēnsa. (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, table, mesa, from Old Spanish, table, from Latin mēnsa. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The distinction between plateaus and mesas is vague; in fact, in local usage the term mesa is usually applied to all of these tables which do not carry volcanic mountains.”
“The good thing is Americans know and don't forget. brian in mesa”
“Anyone who abuses his wife and child is my kind of real man. brian in mesa”
“Maybe it is because they learned it at home. brian in mesa”
“He represents a real dark and evil side of American politics ... the fact that someone such as him can still hold his opinions and public office at the same time is a deep shame. brian in mesa”
“I came to the edge of a tall, flat piece of land called a mesa in Spanish.”
“To the Navajos who have dwelled for generations at its bottom, the mesa is the wounded center of their world.”
“This is sort of like a mesa, that is, a large formation that is formed by erosion, a steep sided hill in simple terms.”
“Somewhere out there on top of the mesa was the highest point in the state of Oklahoma.”
“Amid the boulders at the edge of the mesa was the mouth of a tunnel, leading down at a sharp angle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mesa’.
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Landforms
A Cyclopedia of Landforms.
plain, mountain, canyon, cliff, hill, arch, cave, plateau, mesa, butte, chimney, peneplain and 169 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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Capitonyms or capitonyms
Capitonyms are, properly, words which change meaning and sound when they change case. This particular list may also erringly include words which change meaning, but not sound. These are improper. S...
Turkey, turkey, China, china, August, august, Bill, bill, Catholic, catholic, Ionic, ionic and 94 more...
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Capitonyms, capitonyms
Words that change meaning when capitalized
worms, welsh, turkey, time, tangier, tang, slough, seat, scotch, scone, said, russian and 70 more...
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Visual landscapes
texture, stipple, variegated, topography, denuded, granular, pebbly, tundra, veldt, savannah, steppes, mesa and 5 more...
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No Hablo Español
Despite seven years of classes and being half-Puerto Rican.
uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez, once, doce and 198 more...
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places
antananarivo, trincomalee, laboe, rarotonga, mesa, hinterland, sipapu, malpais, parramatta
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spread out, spacious words of spe
words pertaining to the root spe- (hope) with some allegorical liberties.
paten, pan, pass, patent, petal, expand, repand, passacaglia, passe, paseo, paella, spawn and 150 more...
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the earth
Planetary chaos: terrain, landscape and geology excluding rocks. (See "the geologist" list for the latter.)
butte, karst, caldera, mesa, laccolith, cwm, crater, alp, precipice, sierra, badlands, prairie and 122 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, M
metamerism, malady, margin, marauder, maverick, mercury, mirth, mandible, macerate, meteor, manumission, mica and 292 more...
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Landscape
riparian, littoral, talus, fen, ambit, savanna, remnant prairie, shortgrass prairie, tallgrass prairie, marsh, swamp, marshy and 199 more...
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Damieng's Words
lupine, sapor, boz imp, imp, ovine, saracen, haberdashery, tiebar, shill, cutler, cutaway, lucite and 218 more...
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Lay of the Land
all kinds of scapes
steppe, veld, veldt, campo, llano, taiga, krummholz, elfinwood, tundra, sward, lea, heath and 197 more...
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~to delete~
pansexual, sapphire, jade, beryl, amber, licorice, culinary, bread, skirt, shawl, sable, banjo and 14 more...
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over hill
+ elevation
hill, mesa, mountain, hummock, tussock, ridge, butte, knoll, escarpment, tor, bank, bump and 23 more...
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