Sierra

See also: sierra

Translingual

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

Alternative forms

• sierra, SIERRA

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

code	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

the letter "S" in a national spelling alphabet

Czech: Svatopluk (cs) English: Sugar Estonian: Salme Finnish: Sakari (fi) Italian: Savona (it), Salerno (it) Russian: Серге́й (ru) (Sergéj), Семён (ru) (Semjón) Swedish: Sigurd (sv)

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.

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.

Anagrams

• reairs, airers, 'Arries, iraser, Rieras, raiser, re-airs, arsier, arries

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sierra m or f by sense

1. a surname