SIERRA

'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.

Contents

Mountains and mountain ranges

Place names

Other uses

Organizations

In films

People

Music

Mountains and mountain ranges

Main articles: Sierra mountains

Place names

★ High Sierra Trail, in California, United States

★ Republic of Sierra Leone, Africa

★ Sierra (Ecuador)

★ Sierra (Peru)

★ Sierra County, California

★ Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests, in Baja California, Mexico

★ 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

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 letter S in the NATO phonetic alphabet

★ Sierra (tequila), a brand of tequila

★ Acme Sierra, a American experimental aircraft built in 1948

★ Sierra class submarine, a Russian attack nuclear submarine

★ Sierra Mist, a softdrink

★ 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 Digital Productions, a defunct record label from the early 1990s

★ Sierra Entertainment, a computer game company

★ Sierra Systems, an information technology and business consulting company

★ Sierra Wireless, a wireless communications equipment manufacturer

In films

★ Sierra (film), a 1950 film starring Tony Curtis

★ Sierra (TV series), a 1974-1975 NBC television show that aired on Thursday nights

★ Sierra (The Land Before Time), a character in ''

★ La Sierra, a 2005 US-/Colombian documentary about three boys of a gang in the Colombian drug war in the "Sierra"-District in Medellín, Colombia.

People

★ Sierra (porn star), an African-American erotic actress from Atlanta

★ Sierra Casady, a musician - member of the duo CocoRosie

★ 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''

★ Sierra (band), a contemporary Christian band