From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
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.
{Home (http://www.sierra.com /)}.
(1997-11-23)