Sierra Nevada

[ see-er-uh nuh-vad-uh, -vah-duh; Spanish syer-rah ne-vah-thah ]

noun

1. a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4,420 meters).
2. a mountain range in S Spain. Highest peak, Mulhacén, 11,420 feet (3,480 meters).

Sierra Nevada

noun

1. sɪˈɛərə nɪˈvɑːdə a mountain range in E California, parallel to the Coast Ranges. Highest peak: Mount Whitney, 4418 m (14 495 ft)
2. ˈsjɛrra neˈβaða a mountain range in SE Spain, mostly in Granada and Almería provinces. Highest peak: Cerro de Mulhacén, 3478 m (11 411 ft)

Sierra Nevada

1. Mountain range in eastern California .

Notes

Location of Mount Whitney , the highest peak in the United States outside of Alaska .

Example Sentences

It’s tucked away in the high desert just north of Lone Pine, on the back side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

From Los Angeles Times

While such a spotting isn’t unheard of for San Fernando Valley communities, the majority of California’s black bears live in Northern California and the Sierra Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times

The staggering scale and grandeur of the Sierra Nevada make for a breathtaking autumn spectacle when the trees explode in gold and amber.

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While the Eastern U.S. offers a resplendent fall palette, the staggering scale and grandeur of the Sierra Nevada make for their own breathtaking annual spectacle.

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This could have been a catastrophe, like the Camp fire in 2018, which claimed dozens of lives and destroyed thousands of homes in the northern Sierra Nevada town of Paradise.

From Los Angeles Times