meseta

See also: Meseta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish meseta.

Noun

meseta (plural mesetas)

1. 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, […]

Further reading

• “meseta”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Spanish

Etymology

From mesa (“raised land”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈseta/ [meˈse.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: me‧se‧ta

Noun

meseta f (plural mesetas)

1. (geography) plateau

Derived terms

• amesetado
• amesetamiento
• meseta de hielo
• mesetario

Further reading

• “meseta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10