serra
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of serra
C19: from Latin: saw
Example Sentences
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The Porto e Serra Burger is beef soaked in port and topped with serra da estrela cheese.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011
The "unknown serra" that Quadros envisions is also a real place.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The abundance of jungle animals is due to Rio's spectacular setting, caught between sea and serra, with the central hills and northern suburbs carved out of � and still split by � the Atlantic Forest.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Il serra mols; Il est plus durs que n'est un fers ...
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
Morreu na serra de Bonacof� per salvar a vida do seu rei D. Affonso o Quinto.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
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