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mesa.

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

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmeɪ.sə/UK, US/ˈmɛ.sə/UK, US
  1. A 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 River.
  2. a structure with components rising above the insulating substrate that surrounds it

    The ohmic contacts were deposited at the edge of the mesa.
Where this word comes from

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

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