Sierra

proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.

proper noun

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A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.
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A surname from Spanish.

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Variant of Sierra NevadaEllipsis of Sierra Nevada: a mountain range in the Western United States.
I am going to the Sierra next weekend.
Most flocks in the Sierra and the Rocky Mountains live above the timber-line and at an altitude of twelve thousand feet.
Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.

siege · Military action. A prolonged military assault or a blockade…Siegfried · A hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen…sierra · A rugged range of mountains.

Sierra · A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.

sigh · To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and…sighing · Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.sight · The ability to see.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.