Mensa

mensa mēnsa mens'a English Pronunciation en /ˈmɛnsə/ en ɛnsə 2 Etymology 1 From en la 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 Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs. Derived terms en Mensan See also Mensa International Mensa's website Etymology 2 + (constellation) From la Mons Mensae (la mensa table), from fr 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. Proper noun en 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 en Mensae Translations constellation Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 山案座 Shān'ànzuò Danish: da Taffelbjerget Dutch: nl Tafelberg m Esperanto: eo Tablomonto Finnish: fi Pöytä French: fr Table f Galician: gl Mesa German: de Tafelberg m Irish: ga Tábla m an Tábla Kazakh: kk Үстел тауы Malay: ms Gunung Datar Norwegian: no Bordet Polish: pl Stół m Russian: ru Столо́вая Гора́ f Spanish: es Mensa Swedish: sv Taffelberget n Anagrams en aemns namés names Seman amens manes neams ñames mesna Means Manes manse means en Organizations German de: Etymology de :bor la:mēnsa de la mēnsa. Pronunciation de /ˈmɛnzaː/ de De-Mensa.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f,Mensen cafeteria at a university, student canteen Declension f,Mensen Further reading