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Menta vs Mensa - What's the difference?

menta | mensa |

As nouns the difference between menta and mensa

is that menta is while mensa is in planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.

menta

English

Noun

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    mensa

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) mensa , "table"; the organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Mensa International); an organization for people with very high IQs.
    • Derived terms
    * Mensan
    See also
    * (Mensa International) * Mensa's website

    Etymology 2

    Originally named Montagne de la Table' after Table Mountain in South Africa in 1756 by the French astronomer . By 1763 this had been Latinised as '''Mons Mensae'''. In 1922 the International Astronomical Union shortened this to '''Mensa'''. From (etyl) ' mensa , "table"

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
    • Derived terms
    * Mensae

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