Mesa (disambiguation)

A mesa is an elevated area of land with a flat top, surrounded on all sides by steep cliffs.

Mesa may also refer to:

• A semiconductor structure with a shape similar to the geological formation, as in the mesa transistor

Places

• Mesa, Arizona, a city in Maricopa County
• Mesa, California, a census-designated place in Inyo County
• Mesa County, Colorado
  • Mesa, Colorado, an unincorporated town
• Mesa, Washington, a city in Franklin County
• Mesa, Mozambique
• Mesa A mine, an iron ore mine in Western Australia
• Mesa J mine, an iron ore mine in Western Australia
• The "Mesa", home to the loose-knit community in the documentary Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa

Software

• Mesa (programming language), a procedural programming language
• Mesa (computer graphics), an open-source implementation of OpenGL
• Nonblocking condition variables, in monitor synchronization

People

• Mesa (or Mesha), Moabite king of the 9th century B.C.
• José Mesa, major league pitcher
• Juan de Mesa, Spanish sculptor
• Raúl Mesa, Spanish beach volleyball player
• Ubaldo Mesa (1973–2005), Colombian cyclist
• Urbelino Mesa, Colombian cyclist

Other uses

• Mesha Zodiac sign in Hindu astrology for Aries
• Mesa Airlines
• Mesa Boogie (also known as Mesa Engineering), a manufacturer of guitar amplifiers
• Mesa (Honorverse), a fictional star nation dabbling in genetic engineering and slavery in David Weber's science fiction Honorverse
• Mesa, a chain of restaurants in the United States and Bahamas owned by chef Bobby Flay

Acronym

MESA may stand for:

• Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, an academic preparation program that is devoted to encouraging educationally disadvantaged students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math-related studies
• Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly in the Apollo Lunar Module
• Maximum entropy spectral estimation
• Middle East Studies Association of North America
• Project MESA (Mobility for Emergency and Safety Applications), a project which sought to define a unified set of requirements for next-generation digital radio for use by public safety agencies
• Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association, an international association of manufacturing execution systems companies