sierra

IPA: siˈɛrʌ

A rugged range of mountains.
A scombroid fish.
(uncountable) A relatively low-quality grade of Spanish saffron.
A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.
A surname from Spanish.
Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in the United States.
(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Sierra from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Examples of "sierra" in Sentences

I purchased some Federal 140 grain sierra boat tails that the rifle really likes to shoot.
Spanish geographers would call them a "sierra" (saw) -- a phrase which they have applied to the Andes of America.
January 08, 2007 9: 27 PM sierra aka gen lover! said ... oops, sorry for the double post. still loving Eugenides!!!
Afterwards, I flew out of San Andres in a light aircraft and had an opportunity to view the Huichol sierra from the air.
And the first hour and a half of that, from Tuxpan to the foot of the sierra, is actually pretty good, including a short stretch of autopista from Tuxpan to Tihuatlan.
Kristen said: On January 29, 2009 sierra is absolutely adorable and baxter is such a good sport. can’t wait to see the pink fancypants. shimarella said: On January 29, 2009
MPA Network Planner envirolink north west. working with organizations such as sierra club, human rights campaign, and environment america to win concrete victories for the public interest. we are the .... ability to collaborate and lead in a culturally and functionally diverse environment.
M. Faye, of the French Academy, inclined to a lunar origin for them; [193] Feilitsch of Greifswald published in 1852 a treatise for the express purpose of proving all the luminous phenomena attendant on solar eclipses -- corona, prominences and "sierra" -- to be purely optical appearances. [