Mensa
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnsə/
The English word “Mensa” has 2 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- Mensa International, an organization for people with very high IQs.
- A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.
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.
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