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mesa

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me·sa  (ms)
n.
A broad, flat-topped elevation with one or more clifflike sides, common in the southwest United States.
[Spanish, table, mesa, from Old Spanish, table, from Latin mnsa.]
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mesa
Arizona desert landscape
mesa
Noun
a flat-topped hill found in arid regions [Spanish: table]
mesa  (ms)
An area of high land with a flat top and two or more steep, clifflike sides. Mesas are larger than buttes and smaller than plateaus, and are common in the southwest United States.
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Noun1.mesamesa - flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water"
table
plateau, tableland - a relatively flat highland
2.Mesa - a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix
Arizona, Grand Canyon State, AZ - a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
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Presently, however, we topped the thing and stood upon the level mesa which crowned it.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Still climbing, although he paused often from sheer physical weakness, they scaled forest-clad heights until they emerged on a naked mesa or tableland.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
"Captain," he said, "for the last half-hour three men have been standing out there on the mesa.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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