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- [mey-suh]
- /ˈmeɪ sə/
- /ˈmeɪ·sə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mey-suh]
- /ˈmeɪ sə/
Definitions of mesa word
- noun mesa a city in SW California. 1
- noun mesa An isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata. 1
- noun mesa geography: plateau or table 1
- noun Definition of mesa in Technology Xerox PARC, 1977. System and application programming for proprietary hardware: Alto, Dolphin, Dorado and Dandelion. Pascal-like syntax, ALGOL68-like semantics. An early version was weakly typed. Mesa's modules with separately compilable definition and implementation parts directly led to Wirth's design for Modula. Threads, coroutines (fork/join), exceptions, and monitors. Type checking may be disabled. Mesa was used internally by Xerox to develop ViewPoint, the Xerox Star, MDE, and the controller of a high-end copier. It was released to a few universitites in 1985. Succeeded by Cedar. 1
- countable noun mesa A mesa is a large hill with a flat top and steep sides; used mainly of hills in the south-western United States. 0
- noun mesa a flat tableland with steep edges, common in the southwestern US 0
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Origin of mesa
First appearance:
before 1750 One of the 47% newest English words
1750-60, Americanism; < Spanish: table < Latin mēnsa
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Parts of speech for Mesa
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mesa popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mesa usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mesa
noun mesa
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- tableland — an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.
- butte — an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill
- upland — a city in S California.
- highland — a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km).
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