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 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
The "unknown serra" that Quadros envisions is also a real place.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Rois est des femmes trop decu, Qant plus les ayme que son dieu, Dont laist honour pour foldelit: Cil Rois ne serra pas cremu, Q'ensi voet laisser sou escu Et querre le bataille ou lit."
From Four Arthurian Romances by Comfort, William Wistar
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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