Definitions for mesa
ˈmeɪ səmesa

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mesa, tablenoun

   flat tableland with steep edges

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

2. Mesanoun

   a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. mesanoun

   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."

2. Etymology: First attested 1759, from mesa, from mensa.

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1. mesa

   A mesa is a flat-topped, elevated landform with steep sides, commonly found in arid or semi-arid regions like deserts. It is typically larger than a butte but smaller than a plateau. The term "mesa" is often used in the Southwestern United States and has Spanish origins, meaning "table," referring to its table-like appearance.

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1. Mesa

   a high tableland; a plateau on a hill

2. Etymology: [Sp.]

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1. Mesa

   Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona and is a suburb located about 20 miles east of Phoenix. Mesa is in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler and Gilbert on the south, and Apache Junction on the east. As of the 2010 Census Mesa became Arizona's center of population. Mesa is the third-largest city in Arizona, after Phoenix and Tucson, the 38th-largest city in the US. The city is home to 439,041 as of 2010, reported by the Census Bureau, making its population larger than more recognizable cities such as Atlanta, Miami, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Greensboro, Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne, St. Louis, Tulsa, Wichita, and Cleveland. Mesa is home to numerous higher education facilities including Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University.

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1. MESA

   What does MESA stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MESA acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MESA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mesa is ranked #2656 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mesa surname appeared 13,566 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Mesa.
   
   83.7% or 11,357 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   10.3% or 1,399 total occurrences were White.
   3.3% or 454 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.1% or 159 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 100 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.7% or 96 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Arizona
   • City
   • Tableland

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for mesa »

1. mase

2. same

3. seam

4. ASME

5. asem

How to pronounce mesa?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say mesa in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mesa in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mesa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of mesa in a Sentence

1. Benjamin Taylor:

   Mr. Johnson did not put himself in this light. The Mesa( police department) put himself in this light. He did not ask to be the face of police brutality, one of the faces of police brutality.

2. Robert Johnson:

   Many of you have seen the video of Mesa police. … I don’t want this to happen to no one in this particular system. … I’m a family man, I’m a God-fearing person, I just want Mesa to be accountable to what they have done.

3. Union High School District:

   Please be assured there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Mesa Public Schools.

4. Kent Green:

   I just hope [this] brings a little positivity to police and what they do behind the scenes every day, every night, it’s not particular to Mesa, it’s not particular to Arizona. It’s everywhere.

5. Andre Miller:

   This is not a race issue … this is a culture issue, a police culture issue that has to change, it could happen to any one of us when we have an encounter with the police and it should now. So, we are grateful at the steps that the mayor is taking, the steps that the current chief of police is taking, but we are a little disheartened at the Mesa Police Association. … The police union is pushing back against the mayor, they’re pushing back against the police chief.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mesa
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mesa
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesa
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mesa
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mesa