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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mesa has 2 senses
- mesa(n = noun.object) table - flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley for water" is a kind of plateau, tableland
- mesa(n = noun.location) Array - a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix; Array is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center
is a part of arizona, az, grand canyon state
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mesa, n. US an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata.
Etymology
Sp., lit. table, f. L mensa
THESAURUS
mesa
alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, bench, bottomland, bushveld, campo, champaign, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, down, downs, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland, heath, lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mesilla, moor, moorland, open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain, plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, savanna, sebkha, steppe, table, table mountain, tableland, tree veld, tundra, upland, vega, veld, weald, wide-open spaces, woldROGET THESAURUS
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Plain
N plain, table-land, face of the country, open country, champaign country, basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt, moor, moorland, bush, plateau, campagna, alkali flat, llano, mesa, mesilla, playa, shaking prairie, trembling prairie, vega, meadow, mead, haugh, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather, lea, ley, lay, grounds, maidan, agostadero, champaign, alluvial, campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.
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