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BNC: 30742 COCA: 12592

mesa

mesa /ˈmeɪsə/ noun
plural mesas
mesa
/ˈmeɪsə/
noun
plural mesas
Learner's definition of MESA
[count]
: a hill that has a flat top and steep sides and that is found in the southwestern U.S.(美国西南部的)平顶山 see color picture on this page

Mesa

Mesa /ˈmeɪsə/ proper noun
Mesa
/ˈmeɪsə/
proper noun
Learner's definition of MESA
: U.S. city, Arizona梅萨
BNC: 30742 COCA: 12592

mesa

noun

me·​sa ˈmā-sə How to pronounce mesa (audio)
: an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau
also : a broad terrace with an abrupt slope on one side : bench

Example Sentences

a mesa in the Arizona desert
Recent Examples on the Web Azura Cellars & Gallery has a prime spot on a mesa above the North Fork Valley; browse the art collection, then with a glass of wine in hand head out to the patio that overlooks the valley floor (azuracellars.com). Ryan Haase, WSJ, 13 May 2021 The Kearny mesa project spreads over about 1000 acres. Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021 The mesa is home to dozens of species of plants and animals despite scant rainfall, a dearth of natural springs and elevations ranging from 3,800 to 7,100 feet. Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2021 On a windswept hill atop a nondescript mesa in San Juan County, Aaron Brewer, education technology director for the San Juan School District, looked out over half of southern Utah. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020 Reaching the community of Oljato, for example, required a dozen towers be placed in a giant 180-degree bend to bring the signal around a tall mesa. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020 Her family has been waiting many years for a water system to be built in their community atop a mesa on the Hopi Reservation. Ian James, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2020 This vast two-part trench, long enough and deep enough to be visible from space, was cut into a mesa in Nevada. The Economist, 8 Dec. 2020 Joseph Aguilar, an archaeologist from San Ildefonso Pueblo, recently used drones to examine the topography of Tunyo, a mesa where as many as 2,000 Pueblo people took refuge in the 1690s to face off against the Spanish during a monthslong siege. Simon Romero, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, table, from Latin mensa

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mesa was in 1840
BNC: 30742 COCA: 12592

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