Sierra mountains

Sierra ( Spanish), Serra (Portuguese, Latin, cat. ), Serrano (Spanish port., ) or Serranía (Spanish ) is a name ( Oronym ) for the mountains. It is distributed worldwide.

Word origin

Sierra ( [ sjera ], Spanish " saw", from Latin. Serra ) is the pictorial name of a rugged mountain range or a mountain chain. The adjectival form serrano means in a broad sense in general " mountain ", comparable to the German alpine to alpine. The derived word serranía then corresponds to " mountains " or " hills ". Sierra is next to the Cordillera of the most common component of mountain names.

The Portuguese equivalent is serra [ sɛʀa ], the adjective is also serrano. Also in the Italian language, the term occurs. With the Spanish colonization, the term spread worldwide, especially in South America and the Philippines.

Mountain names

  • Sierra is widespread in Ecuador and Peru designation for the local area of the Andes
  • La Serra, a mountain ridge near the Italian town of Ivrea

With name additions:

  • With the addition of Nevada ( " snow "), several mountain ranges, see Sierra Nevada
  • With the addition madre ( " mother "), several mountain ranges, see Sierra Madre
  • Sierra Maestra ( "great" ) with the addition maestra a mountain range in eastern Cuba
  • Serranía de Ronda mountains in Andalusia, Spain
  • Serra Lyoa ( "Lion Mountains" ) for the mountains on the Freetown Peninsula in West Africa, today the name of the State of Sierra Leone

Other:

  • Serrania ( Minas Gerais ), community in Brazil

For more examples see also: Serra, Serrano

  • Oronym
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