Sierra

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Translingual

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

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English sierra.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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References

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

English

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Proper noun

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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

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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

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Sierra m or f by sense

  1. a surname