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sierra

See also: Sierra

Translingual

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Noun

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sierra

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sierra of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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sierra (countable and uncountable, plural sierras)

  1. A rugged range of mountains.
    Meronym: sawback
    Holonym: cordillera
  2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  3. A scombroid fish.
  4. (uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
    • 2005, Karen Anand, International Cooking With Karen Anand, page 77:
      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.

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin serra.

Noun

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sierra f (plural sierras)

  1. mountain-range

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin serra.

Noun

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sierra f (plural sierres)

  1. saw (tool)
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serrar

French

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Noun

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sierra f (plural sierras)

  1. (geography) sierra

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish sierra.

Noun

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sierra f (invariable)

  1. sierra

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin serra.

Noun

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sierra f (plural sierras)

  1. saw (tool)
  2. mountain range
    Sierra Madre Occidental
    Western Mother Mountain Range
  3. sawfish
  4. (Chile) snoek (Thyrsites atun)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → English: sierra

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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sierra

  1. inflection of serrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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