From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Geographymesame‧sa /ˈmeɪsə/ noun [countable]SGa hill with a flat top and steep sides, in the southwestern USExamples from the Corpusmesa• They'd lope out to a mesa two miles away and walk back.• There was a mildbreezetwisting up the canyons, switching back and forth across the mesa.• Off the mesa, the settingsun was more apparent.• The last hundred feet of elevation form a near-vertical cliff, effectively turning the mesa into an imposingdarkfortress.• That was because of this little mountain, this mesa outside Big Spring.Originmesa(1700-1800)Spanish"table", from Latinmensa