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[ see-er-uh ] / siˈɛr ə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sierra ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw. any of several Spanish mackerels of the genus Scomberomorus, especially S. sierra, found in western North America. a word used in communications to represent the letter S. Origin of sierra1590–1600; <Spanish: literally, saw <Latin serra Words nearby sierraSienese, Sienkiewicz, sienna, Siepi, sierozem, sierra, Sierra Blanca Peak, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leonean, Sierra lily, Sierra Madre Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sierraFather José Julián was shot and wounded driving in a car through the sierra of Ajuchitán. Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST People on the streets of Havana cheered and celebrated the return of fighters from the Sierra Maestra. Cuba Is A Kleptocracy, Not Communist|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone. The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Liberia, the number is just over 54 percent—Sierra Leone, 67 percent. The Radio Battle to Educate Ebola’s Kids|Abby Haglage|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And now, Sierra Leoneans will face jail time if caught burying Ebola victims. Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families|Abby Haglage|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST They followed us, but we dispersed, and soon were free from their pursuit; then we reassembled in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Geronimo's Story of His Life|Geronimo European fruits, flowers, and vegetables can be easily and largely cultivated on the highest plateaux of the Sierra Maestra. Cuba Past and Present|Richard Davey We have observed them as far up as corn grows on the foothills of the sierra. Wild Spain (Espaa agreste)|Abel Chapman While on his way home, on leave of absence, he died at Sierra Leone on the 30th of November 1864. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various Desert plains back, and still back lofty Sierra Nevadas, their sides covered with the evergreen pine, their summits with snow. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51|E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls
British Dictionary definitions for sierra (1 of 2)
nouna range of mountains with jagged peaks, esp in Spain or America Derived forms of sierrasierran, adjectiveWord Origin for sierraC17: from Spanish, literally: saw, from Latin serra; see serrate British Dictionary definitions for sierra (2 of 2)
nouncommunications a code word for the letter s Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sierraridge, elevation, pile, peak, bluff, cliff, volcano, pyramid, height, eminence, alp, hump, precipice, glob, drift, dome, heap, mesa, stack, bank Scientific definitions for sierra
A high, rugged range of mountains having an irregular outline somewhat like the teeth of a saw. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |