mesa Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flat tableland with steep edges
    table.
    • the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water
  2. noun a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

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Me"sa
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  1. A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. Southwestern U.S. Bartlett.

Webster 1913