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Sierra Leone(dictionary)
Sierra (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Sierra Club(encyclopedia)
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Sierra Madre(encyclopedia)
Sierra Nevada(encyclopedia)
Sierra Club, the(dictionary)

sierra (iou)



sierra noun. Pl. -s, (in sense 3, also) same. M16.
[Spanish, from Latin serra saw. Cf. SERRA noun2.]
A long mountain range rising in jagged peaks, esp. in Spain and Latin America. M16.
Astronomy. = CHROMOSPHERE. Now rare or obsolete. M19.
= CERO. L19.
sierran adjective of or pertaining to a sierra or sierras L19.