what's the meaning of "SIERRA"?

Answer 1

A sierra is a word from the Spanish language meaning a mountain range (serra in Portuguese). It is used for various mountains and mountain ranges in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.

Sierra mountains or Sierra Mountain may refer to any of the following:

Mountain ranges
In Argentina:
Sierra de Córdoba, in the central region of the country
In Brazil:
Serra do Mar, in the country's southeast
In Mexico:
Sierra Juárez, in Baja California
Sierra Madre del Sur, in the country's south
Sierra Madre Occidental, in the northwest of the country
Sierra Madre Oriental, in the northeast of the country
Sierra Nevada (Mexico), running across the central portion of the country
Sierra San Pedro Mártir, in Baja California
In the Philippines:
Sierra Madre (Philippines), on the island of Luzon
In Portugal:
Serra da Estrela, in the north central region of the country
In Spain:
Sierra de Gata, in the west of the country
Sierra de Gredos, near the central region of the country
Sierra de Guadarrama, in the central part of the country
Sierra de Mijas, in the south of the country
Sierra Morena, in the county's south
Sierra Nevada (Spain), in the southeast of the country
In the United States:
Sierra Ancha in central Arizona
Sierra Blanca, in New Mexico
Sierra Estrella, in southwestern Arizona
Sierra Madre Mountains (California), in southwestern California
Sierra Nevada (US), also known as The Sierras and located in California and Nevada -

Answer 2

Sierra is a word from the Spanish language meaning a mountain range (serra in Portuguese). The word literally means "saw." It is used for various mountain ranges in Spanish-speaking or formerly Spanish-speaking countries

Answer 3

This site says sierra is Spanish for a "saw".

"(3 syl., Spanish, a saw). A mountain whose top is indented like a saw; a range of mountains whose tops form a saw-like appearance; a line of craggy rocks; as Sierra Morena (where many of the incidents in Don Quixote are laid), Sierra Nevada (the snowy range), Sierra Leone (in West Africa, where lions abound), etc. "

http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/brewers/sierra.html

Answer 4

It means mountain in Spanish.

Answer 5

mountain in Spanish