meseta
meseta noun: a plateau, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
Noun
meseta (plural mesetas)
- A plateau, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
- 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...2002, Ralph Penny, “The Latin of Spain”, in A History of the Spanish Language, Cambridge University Press
Forms of meseta
| plural | mesetas |
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Origin of meseta
Borrowed from Spanish meseta.
Questions about meseta
- What does meseta mean?
- Meseta means a plateau, especially in Spanish-speaking countries.
- What part of speech is meseta?
- Meseta is a noun.
- What is the plural of meseta?
- The plural of meseta is mesetas.
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