me|sa

me|sa «MAY suh», noun.

a small, isolated, high plateau with a flat top and steep, rocky sides, common in dry regions of the western and southwestern United States: »

Some of the most prominent cliffs and mesas of the Colorado Plateau country are made by these Jurassic sandstones (Raymond C. Moore).

╂[American English < Spanish mesa < Latin mēnsa table < metīrī to measure]