Cafeteria (explanation of terms)
The term cafeteria (Latin: mensa = "table") denotes:
- Mensa (actually: mensa academica ), the canteen of a university
- Mensa International , see also Mensa in Deutschland , an association for gifted people
- Mensa pauperum (Latin for: "table of the poor"), goods administered by the church for social tasks
- Mensa (goddess) , a Roman goddess, responsible for numbers and measurements
- a constellation in the southern sky, see Table Mountain (constellation) (Latin: mensa )
- Mensa (altar) (Latin: mensa domini = "table of the gentleman"), the table component of an altar system
- Mensa (Ethiopia) , historical area in Ethiopia
- today also the canteen of a school, see school meals
- Mensa (river) , a tributary of the Chikoi in Russia and Mongolia
- Canteen (table) , ancient Roman tables
Mensa is the surname of:
- Albino Mensa (1916–1998), Italian Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Vercelli
Wiktionary: Mensa - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations