"Mensa" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɛnsə/
Rhymes: -ɛnsə Etymology: From Latin mensa (“table”). The organization promotes itself as a "round-table" society in which differences in the backgrounds of its members are considered irrelevant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|mensa||table}} Latin mensa (“table”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mensa
  1. Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs. Derived forms: Mensan Related terms: Mensa's website
    Sense id: en-Mensa-en-name-7LhzRxFh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɛnsə/
Rhymes: -ɛnsə Etymology: From Mons Mensae (mensa (“table”)), from Montagne de la Table. Originally named Montagne de la Table after Table Mountain in South Africa in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. By 1763 this had been Latinised as Mons Mensae. In 1922 the International Astronomical Union shortened this to Mensa. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mensa
  1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans. Categories (topical): Constellations, Organizations Derived forms: Mensae Translations (constellation): Taffelbjerget (Danish), Tablomonto (Esperanto), Pöytä (Finnish), Table [feminine] (French), Mesa (Galician), Tafelberg [masculine] (German), an Tábla [masculine] (Irish), Gunung Datar (Malay), Bordet (Norwegian), Stół [masculine] (Polish), Столо́вая Гора́ (Stolóvaja Gorá) [feminine] (Russian), Mensa (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mensa-en-name-8oYoCtdI Disambiguation of Organizations: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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