Sierra

“Sierra” is a Spanish word meaning “mountain range”. Accordingly, many mountain ranges contain the word “Sierra”, though the word is also found in a variety of other contexts. More specifically, “Sierra” may refer to:

Places

Mountains and mountain ranges

Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico
Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range in Andalusia, Spain
Sierra Madre (disambiguation), various mountain ranges
- Sierra Madre (Philippines), a mountain range in the east of Luzon, Philippines
Sierra mountains (disambiguation)
Sierra Nevada, a mountain range in the U.S. states of California and Nevada
Sierra Nevada (Spain), a mountain range in Andalusia, Spain
Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico
Sierra Maestra, a mountain range in Cuba

Other places

Africa

Sierra Leone, a country located on the coast of West Africa

Asia

Sierra Bullones, Bohol, Philippines

Europe

Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain), Andalusia, Spain
Sierra Nevada Observatory, Granada, Spain

North America

High Sierra Trail, California, United States
Sierra County, California
Sierra County, New Mexico
Sierra Foothills AVA, an American Viticultural Area in California
Sierra National Forest, California, United States
Sierra Sky Park Airport, Fresno, California
Sierra Valley, in Plumas and Sierra counties, California

South America

Sierra (Ecuador), the mountain region of Ecuador
Sierra (Peru), the mountain region of Peru
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a national park in northern Colombia
Sierra Nevada National Park (Venezuela), a national park in the Andean Region of Venezuela

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Sierra (Dollhouse), a character in Joss Whedon's TV series Dollhouse
Sierra, a character in The Land Before Time VII
Sierra, a character from the Canadian animated TV series Total Drama
Sierra Burgess, the titular character in the Netflix movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser
Sierra McCoy, a character of Josie in the TV series Riverdale
Sierra Williams, a character in the Canadian TV series Catwalk

Music

Sierra (group), American musical artists
Sierra (metal band), Canadian progressive rock band
"Sierra" (song), a song by Maddie & Tae
"Sierra", a song by Cursive from the 2003 album The Ugly Organ
"Sierra", a song by Boz Scaggs on 1994's Some Change

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Sierra (film), a 1950 Western starring Audie Murphy
Sierra (magazine), published by the Sierra Club
Sierra (TV series), a 1974–1975 NBC television show produced by Universal Studios
Sierra Entertainment, a defunct developer and publisher of video games

Computing

Sierra (supercomputer), or ATS-2, a supercomputer for nuclear weapon simulations at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Sierra, a library management system developed by Innovative Interfaces
macOS Sierra, the thirteenth major release of the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., formerly known as Mac OS X and OS X

Organizations

Sierra Club, an environmental organization in the United States
Sierra Club Canada, an environmental organization in Canada
Sierra College, a community college located in Rocklin, California

Transportation

Acme Sierra, an American experimental aircraft built in 1948
Advanced Aeromarine Sierra, a glider
Ford Sierra, a car produced by the Ford Motor Company
GMC Sierra, various trucks and SUVs produced by General Motors
Sierra-class corvette, a ship class of the Mexican Navy
Sierra-class submarine, a Russian attack nuclear submarine
USS Sierra (disambiguation), the name of more than one United States Navy ship
USS Stokes (AKA-68), a United States Navy attack cargo ship named SS Sierra from 1947 to 1961 while in commercial service

Other uses

Sierra (name)
Sierra (retailer), an off-price retailer formerly known as Sierra Trading Post
Pacific sierra or Mexican sierra (species Scomberomorus sierra), a Spanish mackerel fish
PMC-Sierra, a semiconductor company
Sierra, the NATO phonetic alphabet designation for the letter S