Mesa definition

Mesa

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WordNet

(1) A city in Arizona just east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

(2) Flat tableland with steep edges

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

WiktionaryText

First attested 1759, from mesa, "table," from mensa, "table."

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."