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Meaning of SIERRA

Pronunciation:  see'eru

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a Spanish mackerel of western North America
  2. [n]  a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
 
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 Synonyms: Scomberomorus sierra
 
 See Also: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains, Spanish mackerel

 

 

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Sierra
Everybody knew a proper lady like Sierra didn`t go traipsing through untamed lands with a perfect stranger, especially one as devilish as Ramsey Hunter, her unwilling guide and tutor in the ways of love. Sierra believed the rumors that said her long-lost siblings were living in Denver, and she`d put her reputation and heart in peril to find them--as would Ramsey.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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Computing Dictionary
 
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(Or "Sierra On-Line") A computer game developer founded in the early 1980s by Ken and Roberta Willams in the small mountain town of Oakhurst California. Sierra was named after the local mountian range, 15 miles from the famous Yosemite National Park.

In 1997 Sierra was purchased by CUC and its main office is now in Seattle, WA, USA.

Products include Kings Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Quest for Glory, Robin Hood, Phantasmagoria, Leisure Suit Larry, Eco Quest and many more.

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