sierra nevada mountains or sierra nevadas
Sierra is Spanish for “sawtooth mountain range,” so knowledgeable Westernersusually avoid a redundancy by simply referring to “the Sierra Nevadas”or simply “the Sierras.” Transplanted weather forecasters often get thiswrong.Some object to the familiar abbreviation “Sierras,” but this form, like “Rockies” and “Smokies” is too well established to be considered erroneous.
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