sierra
火地,火山,火山地区,火星
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Definitions
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- : a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- : any of several Spanish mackerels of the genus Scomberomorus, especially S. sierra, found in western North America.
- : a word used in communications to represent the letter S.
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Examples
Father José Julián was shot and wounded driving in a car through the sierra of Ajuchitán.
People on the streets of Havana cheered and celebrated the return of fighters from the Sierra Maestra.
Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone.
In Liberia, the number is just over 54 percent—Sierra Leone, 67 percent.
And now, Sierra Leoneans will face jail time if caught burying Ebola victims.
My father, who is dead, kept a hotel at Sierra Leone, and he knew the ways of the—half-castes.
Away to the east a group of eruptive mountains are seen—the Sierra La Sal.
But it is quite possibly for ahuitzil, dwellers in the sierra.
The effect of the poem on Sierra Flat was remarkable and unprecedented.
A priest with whom I was acquainted in the Sierra, got a saddle and a pair of stirrups made for me.