Sierra Madre

[ see-er-uh mah-drey; Spanish syer-rah mah-thre ]

noun

1. a mountain range extending from S Wyoming into N Colorado.
2. two parallel mountain chains in Mexico, bordering the central plateau on the E and W, and extending SE into N Guatemala.
3. a town in S California.

Sierra Madre

/ ˈsjɛrra ˈmaðre /

noun

1. functioning as singular the main mountain system of Mexico, extending for 2500 km (1500 miles) southeast from the N border: consists of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the east, the Sierra Madre Occidental in the west, and the Sierra Madre del Sur in the south. Highest peak: Citlaltépetl, 5636 m (18 492 ft) (disputed)

Example Sentences

Now they, too, were living a free life in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

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This was his whole outfit for a winter campaign in the Sierra Madre.

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As we neared the great range of the Sierra Madre mountains, I felt, as children say, we were "getting warm."

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The Defile is a veritable cañon that would be quite in place in the Sierra Madre.

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Along the north-west a vast volume of black vapour rolled up over the Sierra Madre, and rested upon the peaks of the mountains.

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