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Sierra

//siˈɛɹə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of Sierra Nevada: a mountain range in the Western United States. US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "I am going to the Sierra next weekend."

  3. 3
    A surname from Spanish.
Noun
  1. 1
    A rugged range of mountains. countable, uncountable

    "Holonym: cordillera"

  2. 2
    a Spanish mackerel of western North America wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. alt-of, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) wordnet
  5. 5
    A scombroid fish. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron. uncountable

    "Mancha selecto is the world's best saffron: deep-red stamens, as long as the first joint of your thumb, packed and date-stamped. Lesser types, like sierra saffron, have shorter stamens and a quantity of white and yellow flower parts."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sierra, from Latin serra (“saw”), referring to the saw-tooth profile of the crestline of the range seen from a distance.

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