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Mountains and mountain ranges

• Sierra mountains
  Sierra mountains
  
  A sierra is a word from the Spanish language meaning a mountain range . It is used for various mountains and mountain ranges in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries....
  
• Sierra Juárez
  Sierra Juárez
  
  The Sierra Ju?rez is a mountain range on the Baja California peninsula, in northern Mexico. It is located in the state of Baja California, immediately south of the US-Mexico border....
  , mountain range in Baja California, Mexico
• Sierra Madre
  Sierra Madre
  
  Sierra Madre may refer to one of several mountain ranges:*In Mexico:**Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain range in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona...
  , various mountain ranges

Place names

• Sierra (Ecuador)
  Geography of Ecuador
  
  Ecuador is a country in western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, for which the country is named.Ecuador encompasses a wide range of natural formations and climates, from the desert-like southern coast to the snowcapped peaks of the Andes mountain range to the plains of the Amazon Basin....
  
• Sierra (Peru)
  Geography of Peru
  
  Peru is a country in South America facing the Pacific Ocean.Area:land:1.28 million km?water:5,220 km?Maritime claims:...
  
• Sierra County, California
  Sierra County, California
  
  Sierra County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California, northeast of Sacramento, California on the border with Nevada....
  , in the north of the states
• Sierra de las Nieves
  Sierra de las Nieves
  
  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....
  , in Andalusia, Spain
• Sierra Leone
  Sierra Leone
  
  Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest....
  , located on the coast of West Africa
• Sierra San Pedro Mártir
  Sierra San Pedro Mártir
  
  The Sierra San Pedro M?rtir is a mountain chain that runs north-south along the middle part of the northwestern Mexico Mexican state of Baja California, with its name Spanish for "mountains of Saint Peter the Martyr"....
  , mountain range in Baja California, Mexico
• Sierra National Forest
  Sierra National Forest
  
  Sierra National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located on the western slope of central Sierra Nevada in the state of California. The forest is known for its mountain scenery and natural resources....
  , in California, United States
• Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)
  Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)
  
  The Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada is located in the Granada and Almer?a provinces . It stretches from Alpujarra to the Marquesado and the Lecrin Valley....
  , in Andalusia, Spain
• Sierra Nevada National Park (Venezuela)
  Geography of Venezuela
  
  Venezuela is a country in Northern South America, and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, between Colombia and Guyana....
  
• Sierra Nevada Observatory
  Sierra Nevada Observatory
  
  The Observatorio de Sierra Nevada is located at Loma de Dilar in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, established in 1847....
  , Granada, Spain
• Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park
  Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park
  
  This Colombia National Park, is located in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, between the cities of Santa Marta, Colombia and Riohacha. It is a sanctuary as well as a tourist attraction, because it offers different climate, terrain, flora and fauna environments, ranging from beaches to snowy mountain peaks....
   in northern Colombia
• Sierra Sky Park Airport
  Sierra Sky Park Airport
  
  Sierra Sky Park Airport is a privately-owned, public-use airport located seven miles northwest of the central business district of Fresno, California, a city in Fresno County, California, California, United States....
   in Fresno, California
• High Sierra Trail
  High Sierra Trail
  
  The High Sierra Trail is a hiking trail in Sequoia National Park, California. The trail crosses the Sierra Nevada from west to east.From the plateau of the Giant Forest at Crescent Meadow the trail travels high on the northern wall of the canyon of the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River to Bearpaw Meadow....
  , in California, United States
• Sierra Valley, California
  Sierra Valley, California
  
  Sierra Valley is a large mountain valley located east of the crest of California's Sierra Nevada mountain range in Plumas County, California and Sierra County, California Counties, north of Interstate 80 ....
  , in Plumas and Sierra counties

Organizations

• Sierra Bullets
  Sierra Bullets
  
  Founded in 1947 in California, Sierra Bullets are an USA manufacturer of bullets intended for firearms. Based in Sedalia, Missouri since 1990, Sierra manufacture a very wide range of bullets for both rifles and pistols....
  , an ammunition manufacturing company
• Sierra Club
  Sierra Club
  
  The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president....
  , an environmental organization in the United States
• Sierra Club of Canada
  Sierra Club of Canada
  
  Sierra Club Canada is a Canada, volunteer-based environmental organization. It is part of the environmental movement.The roots of Sierra Club Canada go back to 1963, when environmentalists in British Columbia affiliated themselves with the Sierra Club of the United States ....
  , an environmental organization in Canada
• Sierra Entertainment
  Sierra Entertainment
  
  Sierra Entertainment, Inc. was a Worldwide American video game developer and video game publisher founded in 1979 as On-Line Systems by Ken Williams and Roberta Williams....
  , a computer game company, subsidiary of Activision Blizzard
  Activision Blizzard
  
  Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a France-owned, United States-based video game developer and video game publisher, partially owned by Conglomerate Vivendi SA....
  
• Sierra Semiconductor
  PMC-Sierra
  
  PMC-Sierra is a fabless semiconductor company which develops and sells devices into the communications, storage, printing, and embedded computing marketplaces....
  , a semiconductor company
• Sierra Wireless
  Sierra Wireless
  
  Sierra Wireless is a wireless equipment designer and manufacturer, founded in 1993 and currently headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada....
  , a wireless communications equipment manufacturer

In films

• Sierra (TV series)
  Sierra (TV series)
  
  Sierra was a short-lived 1974 in television television crime drama series focusing on the efforts of National Park Service Park ranger to enforce federal law and to effect wilderness rescues....
  , a 1974-1975 NBC television show that aired on Thursday nights

People

• Ciara
  Ciara
  
  Ciara Princess Harris , commonly known as Ciara , is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, fashion model, music video director, actor and soon to be fashion designer....
  , American singer (pronounced "sierra")
• Javier Sierra
  Javier Sierra
  
  Javier Sierra Albert is a journalist, writer and researcher who studied journalism at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. At the moment he is editor consultant of the monthly magazine :es:M?s All? de la Ciencia distributed in Spain and Latin America and he participates in several radio and television programs....
  , Spanish journalist
• Jessica Sierra
  Jessica Sierra
  
  Jessica Ann Sierra is an United States singer and was the tenth-place finalist on the American Idol season of American Idol. She was the third finalist eliminated, on March 30 2005....
  , American Idol 4 contestant
• Rubén Sierra
  Rubén Sierra
  
  Rub?n Angel Sierra Garc?a is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Sierra also goes by the nicknames El Caballo and El Indio.In a 20-season career, Sierra has played for the Texas Rangers , Oakland Athletics , New York Yankees , Detroit Tigers , Cincinnati Reds , Toronto Blue Jays , Chicago White Sox , Seattle Mariners , Minn...
  , a professional baseball player
• Sierra (porn), an American porn actress

Music

• Sierra (group)
  Sierra (group)
  
  Sierra was an American Contemporary Christian music vocal trio.Sierra was founded in 1992 and quickly signed to Star Song, who released their debut self-titled album in 1994....
  , American musical artists

Other uses

• Acme Sierra
  Acme Sierra
  
  The Acme Aircraft Co S-1 Sierra was an experimental aircraft of unusual configuration built in the US in 1948 in aviation to investigate the advantages of a pusher propeller configuration....
  , an American experimental aircraft built in 1948
• Ford Sierra
  Ford Sierra
  
  The Ford Sierra is a large family car built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Qu?ment....
  , a car produced by the Ford Motor Company
• GMC Sierra, a truck produced by General Motors
• Jamón serrano
  Jamón serrano
  
  Jam?n serrano is a type of jam?n , which is generally served raw in thin slices, similar to the Italy prosciutto. A foreleg prepared in the same manner is called paleta....
  , Spanish for "Sierra ham"
• Scomberomorus sierra
  Scomberomorus
  
  Scomberomorus is a genus of mackerels.References...
  , a Pacific coast Spanish mackerel
• Sierra is the NATO phonetic alphabet
  NATO phonetic alphabet
  
  The NATO phonetic alphabet, more formally the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet. Though often called "phonetic alphabets", spelling alphabets have no connection to phonetic transcription systems like the International Phonetic Alphabet....
   designation for the letter S
• , a Russian attack nuclear submarine
• Sierra College
  Sierra College
  
  Sierra College, a California community college, has its main campus located in Rocklin, California. Rocklin is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada , approximately twenty minutes from the state capital of Sacramento and east of San Francisco....
  , a community college located in Rocklin, California
• Sierra Mist
  Sierra Mist
  
  Sierra Mist is a lemon-lime flavored caffeine-free soft drink, introduced by PepsiCo in 2000 and rolled out nationally in the United States in 2003....
  , a soft drink
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
  Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
  
  The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company was established in 1980 by homebrewings Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi. Camusi retired in 1998 and sold his share in the company to Grossman....
  , a California based brewery
• Sierra
  List of The Land Before Time characters
  
  This is a 'list of recurring characters' in the The Land Before Time, a series of animated children films. The main characters include Littlefoot the Apatosaurus, Cera the Triceratops, Ducky the Parasaurolophus, Petrie the Pteranodon, Spike the Stegasaurus, and in the spin-off television series, Chomper the Tyrannosaur...
  , one of the main villains of The Land Before Time VII

See also

• Cera
  Cera
  
  Cera or CERA may refer to:People:*Michael Cera , Canadian actor*Pierluigi Cera , Italian footballer*Cambridge Energy Research Associates, a consulting firm...
  
• High Sierra
  High Sierra
  
  High Sierra is an early heist film and film noir written by W.R. Burnett and John Huston from the novel by Burnett. The movie features Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart and was directed by Raoul Walsh on location at Whitney Portal, halfway up Mount Whitney....
  
• Serra
  Serra
  
  Serra is Latin language for a "saw" , Italian language for greenhouse, and Portuguese language and Catalan language for mountain range, may mean a number of different things:...