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Sierra
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sierra
Translingual
frameless|upright=0.5 Sierra (mul Q9956) frameless Sierra (mul signal flag) frameless Sierra (mul Q5385)
Alternative forms
mul sierra SIERRA
Etymology
mul en sierra.
Pronunciation
mul [siˈɛra] DIN 5009:2022-06 Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“) Deutsches Institut für Normung June 2022
Noun
mul noun
mul Q9956 1 1 S
mul signal flag mul nautical Signal flag for the letter S.
mul Q5385 mul time zone UTC−06:00
Translations
the letter "S" in a national spelling alphabet
Bulgarian: bg Сиера
Czech: cs Svatopluk
English: en Sugar
Estonian: et Salme
Finnish: fi Sakari
Italian: it Savona, it Salerno
Russian: ru Серге́й, ru Семён
Swedish: sv Sigurd
Turkish: tr Sinop, tr Şırnak For letter "ş"
References
English
Alternative forms
en Cierra
Proper noun
en female of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with en Ciara and en Sarah.
en Spanish.
Proper noun
1
en US en @ellipsis of:Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Western c/USA.
en I am going to the Sierra next weekend.
en Enos A. Mills Wild Mountain Sheep The Rocky Mountain Wonderland w:Houghton Mifflin April 1915 15007322 3502564 37 https://archive.org/details/cu31924030998680/page/37/ Most flocks in the Sierra and the Rocky Mountains live above the timber-line and at an altitude of twelve thousand feet.
2023-08-06 Daniel Duane It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/opinion/california-skiing-climate-change.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251113094337/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/opinion/california-skiing-climate-change.html 13 November 2025
Derived terms
en Sierran
Anagrams
en aeirrs reairs airers 'Arries iraser Rieras raiser re-airs arsier arries
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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