1A mountain range in southern Spain, in Andalusia, south-east of Granada.
2A mountain range in eastern California. Rising sharply from the Great Basin in the east, it descends more gently to California's Central Valley in the west.
Definition of Sierra Nevada in US English:
Sierra Nevada
proper nounsierənəˈvædə
1A mountain range in southern Spain, in Andalusia, southeast of Granada.
2A mountain range in eastern California. Rising sharply from the Great Basin in the east, it descends more gently to California's Central Valley in the west.