Mesta (disambiguation)

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The term Mesta may refer to:

  • Mesta, former powerful association of sheep holders in the medieval Kingdom of Castile
  • Mesta River, a river in Bulgaria and Greece
  • Mesta or Imset, in Egyptian mythology, a funerary deity, one of the Four sons of Horus
  • A village in the southwestern part of the island of Chios in Greece, see Mesta, Greece
  • meśta or Roselle (plant), a species of hibiscus native to the Old World tropics, cultivated for the production for bast fibre
  • Mesta (company), Norwegian company primarily building roads
  • Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta, one of the kings' sagas.

[edit] People

  • Perle Mesta (1889–1975), American society figure, political hostess, and ambassador to Luxembourg (1949-1953)
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