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Si⋅er⋅ra Ne⋅vad⋅a

[see-er-uh nuh-vad-uh, -vah-duh; for 2 also Sp. syer-rah ne-vah-th

ah]

–noun

1.	a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 ft. (4420 m).

2.	a mountain range in S Spain. Highest peak, Mulhacén, 11,420 ft. (3480 m).

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Si·er·ra Ne·va·da (sē-ěr'ə nə-vād'ə, -vä'də)

also (syěr'ä ně-vä'thä) A mountain range of southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast east of Granada. It rises to 3,480.4 m (11,411 ft) at Mulhacén.
A mountain range of eastern California extending about 644 km (400 mi) between the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys and the Nevada border. Mount Whitney, 4,420.7 m (14,494 ft), is the highest elevation.

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Sierra Nevada [(see-er-uh nuh-vad-uh, nuh-vah-duh)]

Mountain range in eastern California.

Note: Location of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the United States outside of Alaska.

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