sierra | (n) a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) |
sierra | (n) a Spanish mackerel of western North America, Syn. Scomberomorus sierra |
sierra leone | (n) a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961, Syn. Republic of Sierra Leone |
sierra leonean | (n) a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone |
sierra leonean | (adj) of or relating to Sierra Leone or its people |
sierra leone monetary unit | (n) monetary unit in Sierra Leone |
sierra lodgepole pine | (n) tall subspecies of lodgepole pine, Syn. Pinus contorta murrayana |
sierra madre occidental | (n) a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline |
sierra madre oriental | (n) a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico |
sierra nevada | (n) a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada |
sierra nevada | (n) a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney, Syn. Sierra Nevada Mountains, High Sierra |
sierra plum | (n) shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit, Syn. Pacific plum, Prunus subcordata |
freetown | (n) port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, Syn. capital of Sierra Leone |
giant sequoia | (n) extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism, Syn. Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia, big tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood |