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Definition of Sierras
1. sierra [n] - See also: sierra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sierras
Literary usage of Sierras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"... on to the ocean, was a succession of delights and surprises. The surging and
soughing of the wind among the tall pines of the sierras came like ..."
2. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"... on to the ocean, was a succession of delights and surprises. The surging and
soughing of the wind among the tall pines of the sierras came like ..."
3. Through Cities and Prairie Lands: Sketches of an American Tour by Duffus Hardy (1881)
"ACROSS THE sierras. Ogden Station—Bustling Bedtime—Boots—An Invasion—A Wedding
Aboard—The American Desert—The Glorious sierras— Cape ..."
4. The Quarterly (1893)
"THE PATHFINDER OF THE sierras. BY JM GUINN. (Read May 4, 1896. ... the pioneer
trapper of California, had crossed the sierras, had explored the valleys of ..."