Sierra

See also: sierra

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
code AlfaBravoCharlieDeltaEchoFoxtrotGolfHotelIndiaJuliettKiloLimaMike
NovemberOscarPapaQuebecRomeoSierraTangoUniformVictorWhiskeyXrayYankeeZulu
zeroonetwothree (tree)four (fower)five (fife)sixseveneightnine (niner)hundredthousanddecimal

Translations

References
  1. DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, 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.
  3. Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in the 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.

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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