Standard Lemma guide

mesa

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: māʹsə
  • UK, US: /ˈmeɪ.sə/
  • UK, US: /ˈmɛ.sə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪsə
  • CMU ARPABET: M EY1 S AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

A place in the United States:

A city in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 2

A place in the United States:

A census-designated place in Inyo County, California.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 3

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Mesa County, Colorado.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 4

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Adams County, Idaho.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 5

A place in the United States:

A minor city in Franklin County, Washington.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 6

A town in Mozambique.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 7

Acronym of Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

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noun

Meaning 8

A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado River.

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noun

Meaning 9

a structure with components rising above the insulating substrate that surrounds it

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • The ohmic contacts were deposited at the edge of the mesa.

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noun

Meaning 10

a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

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noun

Meaning 11

flat tableland with steep edges

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: table

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tableland, plateau

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: плато (plato) — flat area of land
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臺地 /台地 (táidì) — flat area of land
  • Dutch: tafelberg — flat area of land
  • Esperanto: altebenaĵo — flat area of land
  • Finnish: ylätasanko — flat area of land
  • Finnish: pöytävuori — flat area of land
  • German: Tafelberg — flat area of land
  • Hebrew: הַר שֻׁלְחָן (har shulrán) — flat area of land
  • Hungarian: fennsík — flat area of land
  • Indonesian: mesa — flat area of land
  • Italian: altopiano — flat area of land
  • Navajo: dah azką́ — flat area of land
  • Norwegian: platå — flat area of land
  • Russian: столова́я гора́ (stolovája gorá) — flat area of land
  • Spanish: mesa — flat area of land
  • Swedish: taffelberg — flat area of land
  • Tagalog: talampas — flat area of land
  • Turkish: masa dağı — flat area of land
  • Vietnamese: núi mặt bàn — flat area of land