Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A broad, flat-topped elevation with one or more clifflike sides, common in the southwest United States.
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- noun Flat area of land or
plateau higher than other land, with one or moreclifflike edges
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The distinction between plateaus and mesas is vague; in fact, in local usage the term mesa is usually applied to all of these tables which do not carry volcanic mountains.
Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell 1868
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He represents a real dark and evil side of American politics ... the fact that someone such as him can still hold his opinions and public office at the same time is a deep shame. brian in mesa
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Maybe it is because they learned it at home. brian in mesa
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The good thing is Americans know and don't forget. brian in mesa
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Anyone who abuses his wife and child is my kind of real man. brian in mesa
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I came to the edge of a tall, flat piece of land called a mesa in Spanish.
Crazy Loco Love Victor Villaseñor 2010
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I came to the edge of a tall, flat piece of land called a mesa in Spanish.
Crazy Loco Love Victor Villaseñor 2010
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I came to the edge of a tall, flat piece of land called a mesa in Spanish.
Crazy Loco Love Victor Villaseñor 2010
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To the Navajos who have dwelled for generations at its bottom, the mesa is the wounded center of their world.
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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This is sort of like a mesa, that is, a large formation that is formed by erosion, a steep sided hill in simple terms.
Archive 2004-03-01 Andrew 2004
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