Sierra
This word can easily be mistaken for a girls' Christian name, and has been heard that way on various occasions.
A sierra is a Spanish term meaning a mountain range. The word literally means "saw". It is used for various mountain ranges in Spanish-speaking or formerly Spanish-speaking countries.
See:
- Sierra (Ecuador)
- Sierra Leone
- Sierra Madre (Mexico)
- Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Sierra Nevada (Spain
Jamón serrano is Spanish for "Sierra ham".
Sierra is also:
- a video game company (see Sierra Entertainment)
- the letter S in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
- a car produced by Ford from 1982 to 1992, the successor to the Cortina; see Ford Sierra