Sierra

See also: sierra

Translingual

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English sierra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [siˈɛra][1]

Noun

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


ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal

Translations

References

  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English

Proper noun

Sierra

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

Proper noun

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.
    • 2023 August 6, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sierra m or f by sense

  1. a surname
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