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Sierra Nevada is a Spanish phrase. It means snow-capped mountains

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What is the Spanish meaning of the English words 'Sierra Nevada'?

Sierra is a Spanish word meaning saw. Sierra Nevada is the saw-toothed or jagged mountain range running 400 miles through Nevada and California.


Mountain range in California with spanish name?

Sierra Nevada mountains Sierra Nevada mountains


What mountains in the US have spanish names?

Some mountains in the US with Spanish names include Sierra Nevada in California/Nevada, Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado, and Sierra Blanca in New Mexico.


What was the name Nevada was almost called instead of Nevada?

Sierra Nevada ~ Spanish for snowy range.


How close is Granada Spain to the Sierra Nevada?

It is 550 miles. Distance from Granada to Spanish mountains Sierra Nevada is about 15km.


What is the spanish city at the foot of sierra Nevada?

reno


Who named Nevada?

from the Spanish, first called Sierra Nevada meaning snowy range. Shortened to Nevada in 1861 separation from Utah


What is the high mountains in the western US with a spanish name?

The Sierra Nevada mountain range in California is an example of high mountains in the western US with a Spanish name.


How did Reno Nevada get its name?

From out at sea Spanish sailors gazed upon the beautiful mountain ranges of California. They called these mountains Sierra Nevada (snowy range). Sierra Nevada seemed an apt name for the new territory that was being carved out of Utah, but when the deed was done in 1859, the name of this new territory had been shortened to Nevada. As far back as 1857 many names were used to refer to the area that became Nevada, IE: Sierra Nevada Territory; Washoe Territory; Carson Territory; Eastern Slope; Humboldt; Esmeralda; Sierra Plata; Oro Plata and Bullion. But in 1864 the land emerged as "Nevada" a Spanish word meaning snow-covered.


High mountains in western US with a spanish name?

sierra nevada


What are the high mountains in the western us with a Spanish names?

Sierra Nevada.


Meaning of the name sierra?

Sierra MountainGender: FemaleOrigin: Spanish