5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sierra \Si*er"ra\, n. [Sp., properly, a saw, fr. L. serra a saw. See {Serrate}.] A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada. [1913 Webster] The wild sierra overhead. --Whitter. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sierra n 1: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) 2: a Spanish mackerel of western North America [syn: {Scomberomorus sierra}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: Sierra(Or "Sierra On-Line") A computer game developer founded in the early 1980s by Ken and Roberta Willams in the small mountain town of Oakhurst California. Sierra was named after the local mountian range, 15 miles from the famous Yosemite National Park. In 1997 Sierra was purchased by {CUC} and its main office is now in Seattle, WA, USA. Products include Kings Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, Quest for Glory, Robin Hood, Phantasmagoria, Leisure Suit Larry, Eco Quest and many more. {Home (http://www.sierra.com /)}. (1997-11-23) From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: Sierra -- U.S. County in California Population (2000): 3555 Housing Units (2000): 2202 Land area (2000): 953.381960 sq. miles (2469.247836 sq. km) Water area (2000): 8.592233 sq. miles (22.253781 sq. km) Total area (2000): 961.974193 sq. miles (2491.501617 sq. km) Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06 Location: 39.582063 N, 120.534038 W Headwords: Sierra Sierra, CA Sierra County Sierra County, CA From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]: Sierra -- U.S. County in New Mexico Population (2000): 13270 Housing Units (2000): 8727 Land area (2000): 4180.232226 sq. miles (10826.751302 sq. km) Water area (2000): 56.070649 sq. miles (145.222307 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4236.302875 sq. miles (10971.973609 sq. km) Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35 Location: 33.095349 N, 107.291198 W Headwords: Sierra Sierra, NM Sierra County Sierra County, NM
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