Sierʹra (3 syl., Spanish, a saw)

A mountain whose top is indented like a saw; a range of mountains whose tops form a saw-like appearance; a line of craggy rocks; as Sierra Moreʹna (where many of the incidents in Don Quixote are laid). Sierra Nevaʹda (the snowy range), Sierra Leoʹne (in West Africa, where lions abound), etc.