Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sierra"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sierra \Si*er"ra\, n. [Sp., properly, a saw, fr. L. serra a saw.
See {Serrate}.]
A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or
irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

The wild sierra overhead. --Whitter.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sierra
n 1: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and
irregular outline)
2: a Spanish mackerel of western North America [syn: {Scomberomorus
sierra}]


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