The Mesta was a powerful association of sheep holders in the medieval Crown of Castile.
Mesta may also refer to:
People
- Perle Mesta (1889–1975), American society figure, political hostess, and ambassador to Luxembourg
Organizations
- Mesta (company), a Norwegian company primarily building roads
- Mesta Machinery, a former major US manufacturer of heavy machinery from 1898 until 1983, founded by George Mesta (1863–1925), the husband of Perle Mesta
Places
- Mesta River, a river in Bulgaria and Greece
- Mesta, Greece, a village on the island of Chios, Greece
- Mesta, Bulgaria, a village in Bulgaria
Other uses
- Mesta station, a light rail station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Imset or Mesta, in Egyptian mythology, a funerary deity, one of the Four sons of Horus
- Roselle (plant) or Meśta, a species of hibiscus native to the Old World tropics, cultivated for the production for bast fibre
See also
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta, one of the kings' sagas
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.