Meaning of the word Mensa
My first introduction to the word Mensa was reading Winston Churchill's autobiography. IIRC he hated Latin and had to recite all the different tenses and declensions of the word Mensa. Here are all the meanings and uses I could find.- Mensa - Latin for Table.
- Mensa - Mexican slang for Stupid Woman. (Shouldn't that be Densa!) Apparently Mensa there is called Mesa but I can't confirm that.
- Mensa - German or Dutch word meaning University canteen for students.
- Mensa is also a constellation viewable in the southern hemisphere.
- Mensa is the word used in planetary geology to describe a flat elevated rock- what is known as a Mesa in the south west of USA, which explains the Mexican use of it as well.
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