Sierra Nevada

[ see-er-uh nuh-vad-uh, -vah-duh; Spanish syer-rah ne-vah-thah ]

noun

1. a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4,420 meters).
2. a mountain range in S Spain. Highest peak, Mulhacén, 11,420 feet (3,480 meters).

Sierra Nevada

noun

1. sɪˈɛərə nɪˈvɑːdə a mountain range in E California, parallel to the Coast Ranges. Highest peak: Mount Whitney, 4418 m (14 495 ft)
2. ˈsjɛrra neˈβaða a mountain range in SE Spain, mostly in Granada and Almería provinces. Highest peak: Cerro de Mulhacén, 3478 m (11 411 ft)

Sierra Nevada

1. Mountain range in eastern California .

Notes

Location of Mount Whitney , the highest peak in the United States outside of Alaska .

Example Sentences

Sierra Nevada wants to see how you're making the most of the warmer months outdoors, no matter the adventure.

From Outside Online

Widespread triple digit heat in the San Joaquin Valley, Sierra Nevada foothills, Kern County desert, and Coastal Range Thursday, resulting in a dangerous risk for heat-related illnesses.

From Washington Post

By June 1, snowpack in the Sierra Nevada was at zero percent of its average, and California’s governor had declared a drought emergency in two-thirds of the state’s counties.

From Outside Online

Monitoring stations across California’s Sierra Nevada range are registering some of the driest conditions on record for this point in the year.

From MIT Technology Review

At issue was a $35 million Walt Disney resort to be built in the Mineral King Valley of California’s Sierra Nevada.

From Washington Post

These companies include SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, Sierra Nevada Space Systems, and more.

From The Daily Beast

A ski and snowboard week held in the jagged Sierra Nevada mountain range.

From The Daily Beast

The Sierra Nevada, in some places 13,000 feet in height, extends along the western boundary of the State.

From Project Gutenberg

Entered the seven mile Kanyon, which begins the real pass of the Sierra Nevada.

From Project Gutenberg

These are tellingly related in that classic volume, "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada."

From Project Gutenberg

That capital for the most part lies east of the Missouri and west of the Sierra Nevada.

From Project Gutenberg

According to my calculation it could not be more than three hundred miles to the Sierra Nevada, or about twenty days journey.

From Project Gutenberg