Sierra Madre

[see-er-uh mah-drey, 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

The Department of Angels, a group formed after the fires to aid in recovery, conducted a survey of Altadena, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena and Sierra Madre fire victims in June that found only 1 in 4 had insurance claims fully approved.

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For decades, Metro’s A line, formerly known as the Blue and Gold lines, stretched from Long Beach through downtown to Pasadena and Sierra Madre, and then expanded further east nine years ago through the San Gabriel Valley to Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa.

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Warren comes home to Altadena as many weekends as he can manage, but Isabelle said she stayed in Sierra Madre to be his “boots on the ground,” making sure the various jobs are completed, while their daughters go to school at Pasadena City College.

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Their home — the only home the girls have ever known — was one of some 6,000 destroyed in the Eaton fire, so now the family is basically camping out in a Sierra Madre apartment until their house can be rebuilt.

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The hamlet of Yojuela is home to some 500 people — all of Indigenous Zapotec origins — who reside deep in the Sierra Madre Oriental, in Mexico’s southern Oaxaca state.

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