Sierra
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Sierra may mean:
- Ford Sierra, a car produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1982 to 1993, the successor to the Taunus/Cortina
- GMC Sierra, a full-size pickup truck produced by General Motors
- Jamón serrano, Spanish for "Sierra ham"
- The letter S in the NATO phonetic alphabet
- Sierra (tequila), a brand of tequila
- Acme Sierra, a American experimental aircraft built in 1948
- Sierra class submarine, a Russian attack nuclear submarine
Organizations
- Sierra Bullets, an ammunition manufacturing company
- Sierra Club, an environmental organization in the United States
- Sierra Club of Canada, an environmental organization in Canada
- Sierra Digital Productions, a defunct record label from the early 1990's.
- Sierra Entertainment, a computer game company
- Sierra Systems, an information technology and business consulting company
- Sierra Wireless, a wireless communications equipment manufacturer
In fiction
- Sierra (film), a 1950 film starring Tony Curtis
- Sierra (TV series), a 1974-1975 NBC television show that aired on Thursday nights
- Sierra (The Land Before Time), a character in The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire.
- Sierra (Movie), a 2003 movie written by U.F. student Robert Deckard.
Place names
A sierra is a word from the Spanish language meaning a mountain range (serra in Portuguese), the word literally means "saw." It is used for various mountain ranges in Spanish-speaking or formerly Spanish-speaking countries.
- High Sierra Trail, in California, United States
- Republic of Sierra Leone, Africa
- Sierra (Ecuador)
- Sierra County, California
- Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests, in Baja California, Mexico
- Sierra National Forest, in California, United States
- Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain), in Andalusia, Spain
- Sierra Nevada National Park (Venezuela), in Venezuela
- Sierra Nevada Observatory, Granada, Spain
- Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park in northern Columbia
- Sierra de las Nieves, in Andalusia, Spain
- Sierra Valley, California
Mountains and mountain ranges
People
- Sierra (porn star), an African-American erotic actress from Atlanta
- Rubén Sierra, a baseball player
- Jessica Sierra, American Idol 4 contestant
- Javier Sierra, Spanish journalist
Music
- "Sierra," a song by Cursive from their 2003 album The Ugly Organ
- Sierra (band), a contemporary Christian band
Categories
Articles to be merged since November 2006 | Disambiguation
