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Sierra may mean: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

1985 Ford Sierra 2. ... This redirect page is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Jamón serrano (literally sierra (mountain) ham) is a dry-cured Spanish ham, which is generally served raw in thin slices, similar to the Italian prosciutto. ... Look up S, s in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... FAA radiotelephony phonetic alphabet and Morse code chart. ... The Acme S-1 Sierra was an experimental aircraft of unusual configuration built in the US in 1948 to investigate the advantages of a pusher propeller configuration. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

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 1990's.
  • Sierra Entertainment, a computer game company
  • Sierra Systems, an information technology and business consulting company
  • Sierra Wireless, a wireless communications equipment manufacturer

The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known conservationist John Muir, who became its first president. ... Sierra Club of/du Canada (SCC) is the Canadian affiliate of the United States-based Sierra Club. ... The most recent logo (Sierra Entertainment) Sierra Entertainment is a computer game developer and publisher active from 1980 to the present. ... Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR, TSX: SW) is a wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer, founded in 1993 and currently headquartered in Richmond, BC, Canada. ...

In fiction

  • 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 The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire.
  • Sierra (Movie), a 2003 movie written by U.F. student Robert Deckard.

Place names

A 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. A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ...

The High Sierra Trail is a hiking trail in Sequoia National Park, California, United States. ... Sierra County is a county located in Californias Sierra Nevada, northeast of Sacramento on the border with Nevada. ... The Sierra Juárez and San Pedro Mártir pine-oak forests is a small ecoregion that covers the higher elevations of the Sierra Juárez and Sierra San Pedro Mártir ranges of the northern Baja California Peninsula in Mexico, near the border with California. ... Sierra National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located on the western slope of central Sierra Nevada in California. ... The Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada (known as the Sierra Nevada National Park in English) is located in Spain. ... The Sierra Nevada Observatory (OSN) (37° 03′ 51″ N 03° 23′ 05″ W 2896m) is located at Loma de Dilar in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada. ... This Colombian National Park, is located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, between the cities of Santa Marta and Riohacha. ... The Sierra de las Nieves natural park is located in the hills behind Marbella and to the east of the road to Ronda from the Costa del Sol in Andalucia in Southern Spain. ... Sierra Valley is a large mountain valley located east of the crest of Californias Sierra Nevada mountain range in Plumas and Sierra Counties, north of Interstate 80. ...

Mountain ranges

The Sierra de Córdoba (sometimes called the Sierras de Córdoba) is a mountain range in central Argentina, located between the Pampas to the east and south, the Chaco to the north and the foothills of the Andes to the west. ... Guarumbi, part of Serra do Mar in the state of Paraná Serra do Mar (Portuguese for Mountain Range of the Sea) is a 1,500 km long system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeastern Brazil, which runs in parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast, from the state of Esp... The Sierra Juárez is a mountain range on the Baja California Peninsula, in northern Mexico. ... Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending 1000 km from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Istmo de Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. ... The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico and the extreme southwest of the United States, extending 1500 km from southeast Arizona (south and east of Tucson) southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins with the Sierra Madre Oriental and... The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico, spanning 1000 km from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, to northern Puebla and Querétaro, where it joins with the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Eje Volcánico Transversal of central Mexico. ... The Trans-Mexican volcanic belt (Eje Volcánico Transversal) is a mountain range that extends 900 km from west to east across central Mexico. ... The Sierra San Pedro Martir is a mountain chain that runs north-south along the northern part of Baja California in northwest Mexico. ... The Sierra Madre is a mountain range in the Philippines. ... Serra da Estrela (English: Mountain of the Star) is the highest mountain range in Portugal and includes mainland Portugals highest peak (Pico mountain in the Portuguese Azores islands is higher), which has a natural altitude of 1993 m (around 6541 feet). ... Sierra de Gata is a mountain range in Spain in the northwest of the province of Cáceres, which is in the autonomous community of Extremadura. ... The Sierra de Gredos is a mountain range in the centre of the Iberian peninsula, located between Ávila, Cáceres, Madrid and Toledo. ... Map of the Sierra de Guadarrama. ... The Sierra de Mijas is part of the coastal mountain range that sits behind the Costa del Sol, in Andalucia in Southern Spain, the typical Andalucian white village of the same name sits on its seaward flank. ... The Sierra Morena is a mountain chain some 400 km long running East-West in southern Spain, forming the border of the central plateau (Meseta Central) of Iberia, and providing the watershed between the valleys of the Gaudiana to the north and the Guadalquivir to the south. ... The Sierra Nevada, meaning snowy range in Spanish, is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia in Spain. ... The Sierra Ancha (“broad range” in Spanish) is a mountain range in Gila County, in central Arizona. ... Sierra Blanca (also called the White Mountains) is a range of igneous mountains in Lincoln and Otero counties of south-central New Mexico. ... The Sierra Estrella is a mountain range located southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. ... The Sierra Madre Mountains are a mountain range of southern California, located 120 degrees North and 35 degrees west. ... The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range that is almost entirely in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. ...

Single mountains

Antofagasta de la Sierra is a volcanic field in Argentina. ... Junipero Serra Peak is the highest mountain in the Santa Lucia Mountains of California. ... The Sierra Negra (also, and perhaps more properly, called Cerro La Negra) is a companion peak of Mexicos highest mountain, the Pico de Orizaba. ... Sierra Negra is the shield volcano at the southern end of Isabela Island. ... Sierra Nevada is a stratovolcano which lies in Chile. ... Sierra Nevada, also known as Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas, is a complex volcano which lies in both Chile and Argentina. ... The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is a mountain range in northern Colombia. ...

People

Sierra (born on March 29, 1972 , in Dearborn, Michigan) is an American pornographic actress. ... Rubén Angel Sierra García (born October 6, 1965 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball right fielder/designated hitter who is currently a free agent. ... Jessica Ann Sierra (born November 11, 1985) is an American singer and was a contestant on the 2005 season of American Idol. ...

Music

  • "Sierra," a song by Cursive from their 2003 album The Ugly Organ
  • Sierra (band), a contemporary Christian band

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Sierra is Wendi Foy Green, Deborah Schnelle, and Jennifer Hendrix--a trio of seasoned performers with the common rich heritage of strong Christian families and deep roots in the church.
The founding member of Sierra, Wendi Foy Green, spent several years as a solo recording artist and songwriter and decided to put together a trio, a vocal configuration she has favored all her life, "My trio really got started when I was young," says Wendi.
Sierra is three hearts, three voices, and three lives in harmony with each other and with their God.
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SIERRA Antifreeze-Coolant is a premium quality propylene glycol (PG) based coolant which provides engine protection comparable to that provided by premium brand conventional ethylene glycol (EG) based coolants.
But, because of its propylene glycol formulation, SIERRA Antifreeze is less toxic and safer than ethylene glycol coolants to children, pets, and wildlife in case of spills, leaks, boilovers, or careless disposal.
SIERRA Antifreeze is formulated with propylene glycol (PG).
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