sierra
noun
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
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sierra
American
[see-er-uh]
/ siˈɛr ə /
noun
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sierras
plural
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a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
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any of several Spanish mackerels of the genus Scomberomorus, especially S. sierra, found in western North America.
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a word used in communications to represent the letter S.
Sierra
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British
/ sɪˈɛərə /
noun
sierra
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British
/ sɪˈɛərə /
noun
sierra
Scientific
/ sē-ĕr′ə /
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Etymology
Origin of sierra
1590–1600; < Spanish: literally, saw < Latin serra
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In this recipe, which is adapted from “The Food of Oaxaca,” chef and author Alejandro Ruiz recommends sierra or mahi-mahi, which are caught off the coast of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021
The sierra and Gran Parque Natural Topes de Collantes, where you’ll find the Caburní waterfall, are a popular day trip from Trinidad, though most people head to Parque el Cubano, which borders Trinidad.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2018
Numb to greatness, a humdrum appreciation comes with his sierra of staggering statistics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2018
I am now donating to the sierra club.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2016
Truly the arriero is a type of rural Spain: his monotonous chant, and the gaudy trappings of his mule-team appearing and disappearing with every winding of the mountain-track, bespeak the spirit of the sierra.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck
I’ll go back to 1972: In Sierra Club v.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
It went five sets at Marymount before unbeaten Sierra Canyon prevailed in a 15-13 fifth set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
First protected in 1864, Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is internationally acclaimed for its spectacular granite cliffs, glaciers, waterfalls, sequoia trees and wildlife.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Carter Sobel had a 31-yard field goal in the third quarter to give Sierra Canyon the lead for good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Her dad had seen all the same changes in the Sierra Nevada that she had in the past few years: bigger, more frequent, more destructive wildfires.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
The story of Maoism’s travels takes in the tea plantations of north India, the sierras of the Andes, Paris’s 5th arrondissement, the fields of Tanzania, rice paddies in Cambodia and terraces in Brixton.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2019
Our water comes from Hetch Hetchy in the sierras.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2017
When the sierras received more precipitation and were frequently snow covered, this animal is believed to have occurred in the soil on the surface.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2017
He’ll be remembered as much if not more as a tragic caudillo, a reminder that revolutionaries are usually a lot less romantic when they come down from the sierras and govern.
From Time ● Nov. 26, 2016
The train clicked by the Union Stock Yards, doubly pungent in the day’s strange warmth, and skirted sierras of black coal capped with grimy melting snow.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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