Serra (Latin for " saw") may refer to:

People

Serra (footballer) José Carvalho Gonçalves, known as Serra (born 9 December 1961) is a former Portugal, Portuguese association football, football player. He played 12 seasons and 260 games in the Primeira Liga, mostly with S.C. Braga, Braga. Club career He made ...

(born 1961), Portuguese footballer *

Serra (surname) Serra (, , , ) is Latin for "saw" (a view from a high place, or a saw, see serrated), Italian for "greenhouse", and Sardinian,Pittau, Massimo (2006). ''Dizionario dei cognomi di Sardegna'', v.3, p.190, L'Unione Sarda Galician, Portuguese and Cat ...

Serra (given name) Serra is a Turkish feminine given name. People with the name include: People * Serra Çağan (born 1997), Turkish footballer * Serra Kaleli, Turkish diplomat * Serra Pirinç (born 1997), Turkish actress * Serra Yılmaz (born 1954), Turkish actr ...

Cities, towns, municipalities

Brazil

Serra, Espírito Santo Serra is a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Bordering the north of the state's capital, Vitória, the municipality is part of the Greater Vitória metropolitan area. Its population was 527,240 (2020) and its area is 548 ...

, a city in the Greater Vitória area *

Amparo do Serra Amparo da Serra (formerly called Amparo do Serra) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), ...

, in Minas Gerais * Araçoiaba da Serra, in São Paulo * Itapecerica da Serra, in São Paulo * Mirante da Serra, in Rondônia *

Natividade da Serra Natividade da Serra (meaning "the nativity of the mountain") is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 6,642 (2020 est.) in an area of 833.3 ...

, in São Paulo *

Pé de Serra Pé de Serra (''Mountain Foot'' in English) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Bahia. It is located in Sisaleira region, Microregion of Serrinha ( Microrregião de Serrinha, in Portuguese). It was emancipated on March 20, 1985, and the po ...

, in Bahia *

Redenção da Serra Redenção da Serra (Portuguese for Redemption of the mountains) is a municipality ''( município)'' in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The populati ...

, in São Paulo * Rio Grande da Serra, in São Paulo * Santa Maria da Serra, in São Paulo *

São Lourenço da Serra São Lourenço da Serra (Portuguese for " Saint Lawrence of the mountain") is a suburban municipality in the southeastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 15,978 (20 ...

, in São Paulo *

Serra Azul Serra Azul is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 mi ...

, in São Paulo *

Serra do Navio Serra do Navio (), (''Mountain range of the Ship'') is a municipality located in the center of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 5,488 (2020 est.) and its area is 7,713 km². In the 1947, Manganese was discovered in the area. S ...

, in Amapá *

Serra Negra Serra Negra is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It belongs to the meso-region of Campinas. Population (2020) was 29,452 inhabitants. Total area: 203,5 km2, demographic density: 112 inhabitants/km2 Location The name of th ...

, in São Paulo *

Serra Talhada Serra Talhada is a city in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is located at 07º59'31" South and 38º17'54" West, at an altitude of 429 metres. As of 2020, its estimated population by IBGE was 86,915 people. Its area is approximately 2980 ...

, in Pernambuco *

Taboão da Serra Taboão da Serra is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 293,652 (2020 est.) in an area of 20.39 km². It is the second smallest city in area in the São ...

, in São Paulo

Italy

* La Serra, San Miniato, in Tuscany *

Serra (Rocca Santa Maria) Serra is an Italian village and ''frazione'' of the Commune of Rocca Santa Maria in the Province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy. The village sits at an elevation of 3596 feet above sea level in the area of Monti della Laga within the Gran Sasso e Mon ...

, in Abruzzo *

Serra d'Aiello Serra d'Aiello ( aae, Serrë) is a town and ''comune'' of Arbëreshë origin in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country ...

, in Calabria *

Serra de' Conti Serra de' Conti is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona. Serra de' Conti borders the following municipalities: Arcevia Arcevia is a '' comune'' in the province of Anco ...

, in Marche *

Serra Pedace Serra Pedace is a frazione of the ''comune'' of Casali del Manco in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is ...

, in Calabria *

Serra Riccò Serra Riccò ( lij, A Særa) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about north of Genoa, in the Val Polcevera. Serra Riccò borders the following municipalities: Casella, Genoa ...

, in Liguria *

Serra San Bruno Serra San Bruno ( Calabrian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vibo Valentia in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Vibo Valentia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a populat ...

, in Calabria *

Serra San Quirico Serra San Quirico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population ...

, in Marche *

Serra Sant'Abbondio Serra Sant'Abbondio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about south of Pesaro. It is the home of the historic hermitage of Fonte Avellana Fonte Avell ...

, in Marche *

Vaglio Serra Vaglio Serra is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Asti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 293 and an area of .All demographics ...

, in Piedmont

Mexico

Jalpan de Serra Jalpan de Serra () is a town in Jalpan de Serra Municipality located in the north of the state of Querétaro, Mexico. It is located in the heart of an important ecological zone called the Sierra Gorda. It is also the site two of five Franciscan ...

, in Querétaro

Portugal

Jardim da Serra Jardim da Serra ( Portuguese meaning ''"mountain garden"'') is a civil parish in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos in the archipelago of Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthe ...

, in the Madeira Islands *

Pampilhosa da Serra Pampilhosa da Serra () is a town and a municipality in the Coimbra District Coimbra District ( pt, Distrito de Coimbra, or ) is located in the Centro Region, Portugal. The district capital is the city of Coimbra. Municipalities The district ...

, in Coimbra * Santa Margarida da Serra, in Grândola *

Santo António da Serra (Machico) Santo António da Serra ( pt, Saint Anthony ''of the mountain'') is a civil parish in the interior of the municipality of Machico, on the island of Madeira. The parish is adjacent to another parish in the neighbouring municipality of Santa Cruz t ...

, in the Madeira Islands *

Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz) Santo António da Serra is a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz on the Portuguese island of Madeira. The parish is adjacent to another parish in the neighbouring municipality of Machico to the north, which is also named Santo Antó ...

, in the Madeira Islands *

São Marcos da Serra São Marcos da Serra, also known simply as São Marcos, is a village and the seat of the homonymous civil parish in the municipality of Silves, in Algarve region, Portugal. The population of the entire civil parish in 2011 was 1,352, in an area ...

, in Silves *

Serra (Tomar) Serra is a former civil parish in the municipality of Tomar, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Serra e Junceira Serra e Junceira is a civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used f ...

, in Santarém *

Serra de Água Serra de Água ( Portuguese meaning literally ''mountain range of water'') is a civil parish in the municipality of Ribeira Brava on the Portuguese island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1,049, in an area of 24.16 km². History Serra ...

, in the Madeira Islands * Serra do Bouro, in Caldas da Rainha

San Marino

La Serra La Serra is a small village (''curazia'') in the European republic of San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima ...

, in Acquaviva

Spain

Serra, Cape Verde Serra Malagueta is a settlement in the northwestcentral part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Santa Catarina. It is situated on the main road between Assomada and Tarrafal (EN1-ST01), 1 km south of Curral V ...

* Serra, Valencia *

Serra de Daró Serra de Daró is a municipality in Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the t ...

, in Catalonia *

Serra de Portaceli Serra () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Camp de Túria in the Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most pop ...

, in the Valencian Community *

La Serra d'en Galceran La Serra d'en Galceran (, es, Sierra Engarcerán) is a small municipality in the province of Castelló, Valencian Community, Spain. It is located inland surrounded by the mountain range known as Serra d'en Galceran. The town gives its name t ...

, in the Valencian Community

United States

*Serra, an early name of Capistrano Beach, California

Mountain ranges

Angola

Serra da Chela The Serra da Chela is a mountain range in south-central Angola. The mountains, rising to 2,306 meters (7,566 ft) above the coastal plains, are among the highest in the country. It forms part of the Great Escarpment of southern Africa, s ...

, in south-central Angola

Brazil

Serra da Cangalha Serra da Cangalha is an impact crater in the State of Tocantins, near the border of Maranhão State, in north/northeastern Brazil. The crater is between in diameter, making it the second-largest known crater in Brazil. Its age is estimated to be ...

, in northeastern Brazil *

Serra da Cantareira The Serra da Cantareira is a Brazilian mountain range to the north of the city of São Paulo in the São Paulo state. The area has many walking trails, and is popular among locals."Serra da Cantareira." ''Brazil Footprint Handbook'' Footprint Tr ...

, in São Paulo *

Serra da Mantiqueira The Mantiqueira Mountains (Portuguese: ''Serra da Mantiqueira iterally: Mantiqueira Mountains Chain') are a mountain range in Southeastern Brazil, with parts in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. It rises abruptly from the ...

, in southeastern Brazil * Serra da Ibiapaba, in Piauí and Ceará *

Serra do Araripe The Chapada do Araripe, also known as the Serra do Araripe, is a ''chapada'' (plateau) in northeastern Brazil. The chapada forms the boundary of Ceará and Pernambuco states, and forms the watershed between the Jaguaribe River of Ceará, which flow ...

, in Ceará and Pernambuco * Serra do Espinhaço, in Minas Gerais and Bahia *

Serra do Mar The Serra do Mar (, Portuguese for ''Sea's Ridge'' or ''Sea Ridge'') is a 1,500 km long system of mountain ranges and escarpments in Southeastern Brazil. Geography The Serra do Mar runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast from the state ...

, from Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina * Serra do Tiracambu, in Maranhão * Serra dos Aimorés, in Minas Gerais * Serra dos Órgãos, in Rio de Janeiro *

Serra Gaúcha The Serra Gaúcha (''Gaucho Highlands'') is a cultural region comprising the mountainous areas in the northeastern portion of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. Most of its inhabitants are of German-Brazilian, German and Italian Brazilian ...

, in Rio Grande do Sul *

Serra Geral The Serra Geral (General Mountains) is a mountain range in southern Brazil, constituting the southern portion of the Serra do Mar system which runs along Brazil's southeastern coast. The Serra Geral runs parallel to the Atlantic coast in Sant ...

, in Santa Catarina and northern Rio Grande do Sul

Cape Verde

Serra Negra, Cape Verde Serra Negra is a hill in the southeastern part of the island of Sal, Cape Verde, Sal in Cape Verde. Its maximum elevation is 104 m, the highest point in southern Sal. It stretches for about 2.5 km along the east coast of the island, between t ...

, in the island of Sal

Papua New Guinea

Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilo ...

, in Sandaun Province

Portugal

* Serra da Arrábida, in Setúbal *

Serra da Estrela Serra da Estrela () is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã it is the westernmost constituent range of the Sistema Central and also one of the highest in the system. It includes mainland Portugal's ...

, in Beira Alta *

Serra da Gardunha The Gardunha mountain range (''Serra da Gardunha''), so called by the Moors (''Gardunha'' or ''Guardunha'' meaning refuge), is located in central Portugal, in Centro Region, beyond the Serra da Estrela Serra da Estrela () is the highest mountain ...

, in Cova da Beira * Serra de Monchique, in the Algarve * Serra de Sintra, in Sintra

Spain

Serra de Collserola The Serra de Collserola (), or simply Collserola, is a mountain range between the rivers Besòs and Llobregat. It is part of the Catalan Coastal Range. These mountains separate Barcelona from the Vallès plain and their tallest peak is the Tib ...

, in Catalonia * Serra de Granera, in Catalonia *

Serra del Montsec The Montsec Range ( ca, Serra del Montsec ; es, Sierra del Montsec) is a mountain system of the Pre-Pyrenees. Description The Serra del Montsec consists of a series of calcareous mountain ranges running roughly from east to west. The range syste ...

, in Catalonia *

Serra del Montsià Serra (Latin for "saw") may refer to: People * Serra (footballer) (born 1961), Portuguese footballer * Serra (surname) * Serra (given name) Cities, towns, municipalities Brazil *Serra, Espírito Santo, a city in the Greater Vitória area * Am ...

, in Catalonia *Several mountains in the Valencian Community, including: **

Serra Calderona Serra Calderona (; es, Sierra Calderona), often referred to as La Calderona is a long mountain range in the Camp de Túria, Horta Nord and Alt Palància comarcas of the Valencian Community, between the provinces of Castelló and Valencia Sp ...

Serra d'En Celler Serra d'En Celler is a mountain range of the Valencian Community, Spain. Its main peaks are 1,281 m high Tossal de la Nevera and Tossal d'Orenga (1,144 m). Geography The heights of the Serra d'En Celler range are frequently covered with snow ev ...

** Serra de Crevillent ** Serra d'Espadà **

Serra de l'Espadella Serra de l'Espadella ( es, Sierra de la Espandela) is an over long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is Espadella (968 m). These mountains are frequently covered in snow in the winter. Ge ...

Serra d'En Galceran Serra d'En Galceran (; es, Sierra de Engarcerán) is a mountain range of the Valencian Community, Spain. Geography The main peaks of the range are the 1,078 m high Tossal de la Vila, Penya Blanca (951 m) and Tossal de la Toiola (939 m). This r ...

Serra d'Irta Serra d'Irta (, es, Sierra de Irta) is an 18.8 km long mountain range in the Baix Maestrat comarca, Valencian Community, Spain. Its highest point is Pico Campanelles (573 m). Location The Serra d'Irta stretches in a northeast-southwest ...

Serra de Mariola The Serra Mariola Natural Park (, es, Parque Natural de la Sierra de Mariola) is a mountain range in the Valencian Community, Spain, one of the most peripheral offsprings of the Baetic System. Most of its territory is included in a natural park f ...

** Serra de Sant Pere **

Serra de Vallivana Serra de Vallivana (, es, Sierra de Vallivana) or Muntanyes de Vallivana is an over long mountain range straddling the Alt Maestrat and Baix Maestrat comarcas, Valencian Community, Spain. Geography The highest point of the range is the 1,275 ...

** Serra de la Vall d'àngel

National parks

Aparados da Serra National Park The Aparados da Serra National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra) is a national park located in the Serra Geral range of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states in the south of Brazil, between 29º07’—29º15’ S and 50º01 ...

, in Brazil * Serra da Canastra National Park, in Brazil *

Serra da Capivara National Park Serra da Capivara National Park ( Portuguese: ''Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara'', , locally ) is a national park in the Northeastern region of Brazil. The area has many prehistoric paintings. The name of the mountain range that defines the p ...

, in Brazil * Serra da Estrela Natural Park, in Portugal *

Serra do Cipó National Park The Serra do Cipó National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó) is a national park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Location The park is in the Cerrado biome. It covers . It was created by decree 90.223 of 25 September 1984, modifi ...

, in Brazil *

Serra do Mar coastal forests The Serra do Mar coastal forests is an ecoregion of the tropical moist forests biome. It is part of the Atlantic Forest of eastern South America. This ecoregion has an outstanding biodiversity consisting of flora, mammals, birds, and herpetofaun ...

, in Brazil

Fauna

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Banksia serra ''Banksia serra'', commonly known as serrate-leaved dryandra, is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has broadly linear, serrated leaves, pale yellow flowers in heads of about thirty and egg-shaped follicles. Descript ...

'', shrub endemic to Western Australia * Cão da Serra de Aires, Portuguese herding dog *

Cão da Serra da Estrela The Estrela Mountain Dog ( pt, cão da Serra da Estrela) is a large breed of dog from the Estrela Mountains of Portugal bred to guard herds and homesteads. It is "one of the oldest breeds in the Iberian Peninsula." Description Coat ...

, Portuguese herding dog *

Serra do Mar tyrannulet The Serra do Mar tyrannulet (''Phylloscartes difficilis'') is a small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to humid montane forest in the Serra do Mar in south-eastern Brazil. More likely confused with the short-tailed and pale ...

, species of bird endemic to Brazil * Serra do Mar tyrant-manakin, species of bird endemic to Brazil

Stadiums

Estádio Barão de Serra Negra Estádio Barão de Serra Negra is a multi-use stadium located in Piracicaba, Brazil. It is used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches of Esporte Clube XV de Novembro. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 18,799 people and was ...

, multi-use stadium in Piracicaba, Brazil *

Estádio Serra Dourada Estádio Serra Dourada is a football stadium inaugurated on March 9, 1975 in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. It was designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha. The stadium is owned by the Goiás state Government, ...

, football stadium in Goiânia, Brazil

Other uses

* Serra (dance), Pontic Greek dance * Serra (titular see), of the Roman Catholic Church, in Tunisia

People

Cities, towns, municipalities

Brazil

Italy

Mexico

Portugal

San Marino

Spain

United States

Mountain ranges

Angola

Brazil

Cape Verde

Papua New Guinea

Portugal

Spain

National parks

Fauna

Stadiums

Other uses

See also