Mesta (disambiguation)

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Mesta may refer to:

  • Mesta, former powerful association of sheep holders in the medieval Kingdom of Castile
  • Mesta or Imset, in Egyptian mythology, a funerary deity, one of the Four sons of Horus
  • 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.
  • Mesta Machine Co., a former major U.S. manufacturer of heavy machinery, which went bankrupt in 1983.
  • Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association

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People:

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