meseta
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish meseta.
Noun
meseta (plural mesetas)
- A plateau, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
- 2002, Ralph Penny, “The Latin of Spain”, in A History of the Spanish Language, Cambridge University Press:
- This factor is particularly relevant to the history of Spanish, since Spanish has its geographical roots in what is now the northern part of the province of Burgos, an area of the northern meseta which was remote from the centres of economic activity and cultural prestige in Roman Spain, which was latinized fairly late, […]
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Further reading
- “meseta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Spanish
Etymology
mesa (“raised land”) + -eta (diminutive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈseta/ [meˈse.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: me‧se‧ta
Noun
meseta f (plural mesetas)
- (geography) plateau
Derived terms
- amesetado
- amesetamiento
- meseta de hielo
- mesetario
Further reading
- “meseta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014