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sierra

[see-er-uh] / siˈɛr ə /




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In this recipe, which is adapted from “The Food of Oaxaca,” chef and author Alejandro Ruiz recommends sierra or mahi-mahi, which are caught off the coast of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

Un ingeniero es enviado a la sierra en busca de una raíz de planta que contiene cortisona y lo muerde una serpiente.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2019

The sierra and Gran Parque Natural Topes de Collantes, where you’ll find the Caburní waterfall, are a popular day trip from Trinidad, though most people head to Parque el Cubano, which borders Trinidad.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2018

He stopped driving his taxi through the dirt roads of the sierra.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2015

She is a land of violent contrasts; level plain and broken sierra, elysian garden of Andalusia and tractless wastes of Castile, frosty Burgos and sunny Seville.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle