Sierra

Sierra [1]
Sierra [2]
Sierra [3]

• sierra, SIERRA

Borrowed from English sierra.

• IPA^(key): [siˈɛra]^[1]

Sierra

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter S.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter S.
3. (time zone) UTC−06:00

Sierra

1. A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.
2. A surname from Spanish.

the Sierra

1. (US) Ellipsis of Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in the Western United States.

   I am going to the Sierra next weekend.

   • 1915 April, Enos A. Mills, “Wild Mountain Sheep”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37:

     Most flocks in the Sierra and the Rocky Mountains live above the timber-line and at an altitude of twelve thousand feet.

• reairs, airers, 'Arries, iraser, Rieras, raiser, re-airs, arsier, arries

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjera/ [ˈsje.ra]
• Rhymes: -era
• Syllabification: Sie‧rra

Sierra m or f by sense

1. a surname