mesa
    n 1: flat tableland with steep edges; "the tribe was relatively
         safe on the mesa but they had to descend into the valley
         for water" [syn: mesa, table]
    2: a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a
       suburb of Phoenix

mesa \me"sa\ (m[asl]"s[.a]), n. [Sp.]
   A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.]
   --Bartlett.
   [1913 Webster]

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Mesa

   Xerox PARC, 1977.  System and application programming for
   proprietary hardware: Alto, Dolphin, Dorado and Dandelion.
   Pascal-like syntax, ALGOL68-like semantics.  An early version
   was weakly typed.  Mesa's modules with separately compilable
   definition and implementation parts directly led to Wirth's
   design for Modula.  Threads, coroutines (fork/join),
   exceptions, and monitors.  Type checking may be disabled.
   Mesa was used internally by Xerox to develop ViewPoint, the
   Xerox Star, MDE, and the controller of a high-end copier.  It
   was released to a few universitites in 1985.  Succeeded by
   Cedar.

   ["Mesa Language Manual", J.G.  Mitchell et al, Xerox PARC,
   CSL-79-3 (Apr 1979)].

   ["Early Experience with Mesa", Geschke et al, CACM
   20(8):540-552 (Aug 1977)].

Mesa -- U.S. County in Colorado
   Population (2000):    116255
   Housing Units (2000): 48427
   Land area (2000):     3327.745916 sq. miles (8618.821990 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    13.360946 sq. miles (34.604691 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3341.106862 sq. miles (8653.426681 sq. km)
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             39.095228 N, 108.509096 W
   Headwords:
    Mesa
    Mesa, CO
    Mesa County
    Mesa County, CO

Mesa, AZ -- U.S. city in Arizona
   Population (2000):    396375
   Housing Units (2000): 175701
   Land area (2000):     124.987397 sq. miles (323.715859 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.195129 sq. miles (0.505382 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    125.182526 sq. miles (324.221241 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            46000
   Located within:       Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
   Location:             33.411199 N, 111.746438 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     85201 85202 85203 85204 85205 85206
                         85207 85208 85210 85213
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Mesa, AZ
    Mesa

Mesa, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
   Population (2000):    214
   Housing Units (2000): 91
   Land area (2000):     3.574506 sq. miles (9.257927 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.153968 sq. miles (0.398775 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.728474 sq. miles (9.656702 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            47013
   Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
   Location:             37.421647 N, 118.544166 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Mesa, CA
    Mesa

Mesa, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
   Population (2000):    425
   Housing Units (2000): 111
   Land area (2000):     1.581697 sq. miles (4.096576 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.581697 sq. miles (4.096576 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            45180
   Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
   Location:             46.576963 N, 119.002516 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     99343
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Mesa, WA
    Mesa