Sierra
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'''Sierra''' is a word from the Spanish language meaning a mountain range. The word comes from the Latin ''serra'', and literally means "saw." It is used for various mountain ranges in Spanish-speaking or formerly Spanish-speaking countries.
== Mountains and mountain ranges ==
{{main|Sierra mountains}}
== Place names ==
* [[High Sierra Trail]], in California, United States
* Republic of [[Sierra Leone]], Africa
* [[Sierra (Ecuador)]]
* [[Sierra (Peru)]]
* [[Sierra County, California]], in the north of the states
* [[Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests]], in Baja California, Mexico
* A number of mountain ranges and places called [[Sierra Madre]]
* [[Sierra National Forest]], in California, United States
* [[Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)]], in Andalusia, Spain
* [[Sierra Nevada National Park (Venezuela)]], in Venezuela
* [[Sierra Nevada Observatory]], Granada, Spain
* [[Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park]] in northern Colombia
* [[Sierra de las Nieves]], in Andalusia, Spain
* [[Sierra Valley, California]], in Plumas and Sierra counties
==Other uses==
*[[Ford Sierra]], a car produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1982 to 1993, the successor to the Taunus/Cortina
*[[GMC Sierra]], a full-size pickup truck produced by General Motors
*[[Jamón serrano]], Spanish for "Sierra ham"
*The [[NATO phonetic alphabet]] designation for the letter ''S''
*[[Acme Sierra]], an American experimental aircraft built in 1948
*{{Sclass|Sierra|submarine|1}}, a Russian attack nuclear submarine
*[[Sierra Mist]], a soft drink
*[[Sierra Nevada Brewing Company]], a California based brewery
== Organizations ==
*[[Sierra Bullets]], an ammunition manufacturing company
*[[Sierra Club]], an environmental organization in the United States
*[[Sierra Club of Canada]], an environmental organization in Canada
*Sierra Semiconductor, a semiconductor company now known as [[PMC-Sierra]]
*[[Sierra Wireless]], a wireless communications equipment manufacturer
*[[Sierra Entertainment]], an American computer game developer and publisher
*[[Sierra Flower Trading]], a Canadian flower distributor
== In films ==
*[[Sierra (film)]], a 1950 film starring Audie Murphy
*[[Sierra (TV series)]], a 1974-1975 NBC television show that aired on Thursday nights
*[[Sierra (The Land Before Time)]], a character in ''[[The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire]]''
*[[La Sierra]], a 2005 US-/Colombian documentary about three boys of a gang in the Colombian drug war in the "Sierra"-District of Medellín, Colombia.
== People ==
*[[Sierra (porn star)]], an African-American erotic actress from Atlanta
*[[Rubén Sierra]], a baseball player
*[[Jessica Sierra]], ''American Idol 4'' contestant
*[[Javier Sierra]], Spanish journalist
*[[Ciara]], American singer (pronounced like Sierra but with a different spelling)
==Music==
*"Sierra," a song by Cursive from their 2003 album ''[[The Ugly Organ]]''
== See also ==
* [[serra]], Portuguese for mountain range
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[[ko:시에라]]
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[[ja:シエラ]]
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