Sierra Madre del Sur

[ see-er-uh mah-drey del soor; Spanish syer-ah mah-thre thel soor ]

noun

1. a plateau mountain range in Guerrero and Oaxaca states, S Mexico. Highest peak 12,149 feet (3,703 meters).

Example Sentences

There are few other sources of income in this sweeping valley, a rolling expanse of subsistence farms framed by the peaks of the Sierra Madre del Sur.

From Los Angeles Times

The autopista was closed — I was waved back by a policeman — so I took the old winding road on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur, the narrow track that had been cleared by the Dominican friars from Oaxaca in their pursuit of converts, and the conquistadors in search of gold.

From New York Times

The thumb-size short-crested coquette is found only in the forest edge along a roughly 15-mile stretch of road in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain in southern Mexico.

From National Geographic

Acapulco, set on a bay surrounded by high rises and the Sierra Madre del Sur, used to attract Hollywood stars and Mexico’s elite.

From Los Angeles Times

I cherish In my mind that first glimpse of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains as the plane descends, then heading into the Mercado 20 de Noviembre for an early morning hot chocolate and a snack, where making up your mind what to eat is the biggest difficulty.

From New York Times