mesa

noun2

1. •
   A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

   • A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado River.
2. •
   a structure with components rising above the insulating substrate that surrounds it

   • The ohmic contacts were deposited at the edge of the mesa.

noun1

1. •
   A city in Maricopa County, Arizona.