sierra
noun
Origin of sierra
Related Words for sierra
ridge, elevation, pile, peak, bluff, cliff, volcano, pyramid, height, eminence, alp, hump, precipice, glob, drift, dome, heap, mesa, stack, bankExamples from the Web for sierra
Contemporary Examples of sierra
Father José Julián was shot and wounded driving in a car through the sierra of Ajuchitán.
People on the streets of Havana cheered and celebrated the return of fighters from the Sierra Maestra.
Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone.
In Liberia, the number is just over 54 percent—Sierra Leone, 67 percent.
And now, Sierra Leoneans will face jail time if caught burying Ebola victims.
Historical Examples of sierra
Sierra Vista was a far vaster affair than the tepee of Grey Beaver.
White FangJack London
In the meantime the newspapers were read at Sierra Vista, not so much with interest as with anxiety.
White FangJack London
And outside he went, like a king, with all Sierra Vista about him and tending on him.
White FangJack London
The troops returned to Sierra Leone on the 24th of December.
The History of the First West India RegimentA. B. Ellis
Behind them and off to the right was the gray rampart of the Sierra.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin