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GMC Sierra Official Site
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si⋅er⋅ra

  [see-er-uh]
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–noun
1. a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
2. any of several Spanish mackerels of the genus Scomberomorus, esp. S. sierra, found in western North America.
3. a word used in communications to represent the letter S.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Sp: lit., saw < L serra
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GMC Sierra Official Site
Check Out All Features and Specs. Plus Find Pricing & Current Offers.
www.GMC.com/Sierra
Sierra Trading Post
Save 35-70% Every Day. Great Deals. Great Brands.
www.SierraTradingPost.com
ce·ro   (sîr'ō, sěr'ō)   
n.   pl. ce·ros or cero
An edible fish (Scomberomorus regalis) of western Atlantic waters, having silvery sides and a dark-blue back. Also called sierra.

[Alteration of Spanish sierra, saw, sawfish; see sierra.]
si·er·ra   (sē-ěr'ə)   
n.  

  1. A rugged range of mountains having an irregular or jagged profile. See Usage Note at redundancy.

    1. A Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus sierra) of the Pacific coast of tropical America.

    2. See cero.


[Spanish, saw, sierra, from Latin serra, saw.]
si·er'ran adj.
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Word Origin & History

sierra 
"a range of hills," 1613, from Sp. sierra "jagged mountain range," lit. "saw," from L. serra "a saw."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Sierra company, games
(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.
(http://sierra.com /).
(1997-11-23)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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