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

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