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''. The corresponding word in Portuguese,

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and Latin is ''serra''. This name is used for various mountain ranges in Spanish-speaking and other countries (with the word ''serra'' used in Portuguese-speaking countries). Sierra or Sierras may refer to:

Argentina

* Sierra de Córdoba, in the central region of the country * Antofagasta de la Sierra, a volcanic field *

Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range i ...

, on the border of Argentina and Chile * Sierra de la Ventana (mountains), Buenos Aires province

Brazil

* Serra do Mar, in the country's southeast

Chile

Sierra Nevada (stratovolcano) Sierra Nevada is a stratovolcano located in the La Araucanía Region of Chile, near the Llaima volcano. Its last certain eruptions were in the Pleistocene period, but its activity may extend into the Holocene. Its primary lavas are andesitic an ...

, La Araucanía Region *

, on the border of Argentina and Chile

Colombia

* Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta *

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Chita or Guican National Natural Park (or Sierra Nevada de Chita or Sierra Nevada de Güicán, es, Parque Natural Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Chita o Guican is a national park and a series of highlands and glaciated peaks l ...

Ecuador

Sierra Negra (Galápagos) Sierra Negra (Spanish: ''Black Mountain'') is a large shield volcano at the southeastern end of Isabela Island in the Galapagos that rises to an altitude of 1124m. It coalesces with the volcanoes Cerro Azul to the west and Alcedo to the north ...

, Galápagos Province, Ecuador

Mexico

* Sierra de Juárez, Baja California *

Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. Geography The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transv ...

, in the country's south * Sierra Madre Occidental, in the northwest of the country *

Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that f ...

, in the northeast of the country * Sierra Nevada (Mexico), part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt * Sierra San Pedro Mártir, Baja California *

Sierra Negra Sierra Negra (also, and perhaps more properly, Cerro La Negra) is an extinct volcano located in the Mexican state of Puebla, close to the border with Veracruz. At officially above sea level, it is the fifth-highest peak in Mexico. Sierra Neg ...

, Puebla, Mexico

The Philippines

* Sierra Madre (Philippines), on the island of Luzon

Portugal

* Serra da Estrela, in the north central region of the country * Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape, in the west region of the country * Serra da Vila, in the west region of the country; see

Castle of Carrazeda de Ansiães The Castle of Carrazeda de Ansiães ( pt, Castelo de Carrazeda de Ansiães), normally shortened to ''Castle of Ansiães'', is a medieval castle in the civil parish of Lavandeira, municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães of Portugal. The castle rui ...

* Serra do Socorro, in the west region of the country; see

Mafra, Portugal Mafra () is a city and a municipality in the district of Lisbon, on the west coast of Portugal, and part of the urban agglomeration of the Greater Lisbon subregion. The population in 2011 was 76,685, in an area of 291.66 km2. It is mostly kno ...

Spain

Sierra de Gata Sierra de Gata ( ext, Sierra e Gata) is one of the main mountain ranges in the Sistema Central, Spain. The highest point is Peña Canchera (1,592 m). Geography The Sierra de Gata is located in the northwest of the province of Cáceres, which is ...

, in the west region of the country * Sierra de Gredos, near the central region of the country * Sierra de Guadarrama, in the central part of the country * Sierra de Mijas, in the south region of the country * Sierra Morena, in the country's south * Sierra Nevada (Spain), in the southeast region of the country * Sierra de la Demanda, northern Iberian Peninsula

United States

* Sierra Ancha, central Arizona *

Sierra Blanca (New Mexico) The Sierra Blanca (Spanish: ''White Mountains'') is an ultra-prominent range of volcanic mountains in Lincoln and Otero counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The range is about from north to south and wide. Sier ...

* Sierra Estrella, southwestern Arizona * Sierra Madre Mountains (California), southwestern California *

Sierra Nevada (U.S.) The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...

, California and Nevada

Uruguay

Sierra Carapé Sierra Carapé or Sierra de Carapé is a hill range located in Maldonado Department, in southern Uruguay. The range crosses the Maldonado Department from west to east and enters the Rocha Department. Local demarcation It constitutes the borde ...

, in the central part of the country

Venezuela

Sierra Nevada de Merida Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range i ...