Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mesa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mesa \Me"sa\, ?. [Sp.]
A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.]
--Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mesa
n : flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively
safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley
for water" [syn: {table}]
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