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nouna Spanish mackerel of western North America
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nouna range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)
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- reno a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage
- whitney the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)
- leone the basic unit of money in Sierra Leone; equal to 100 cents
- fresno a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- ruf a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia
- freetown port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone
- darmera peltata rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
- british west africa the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast
- umbrella plant rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
- san joaquin river a river in central California that rises in the Sierra Nevada and flows northwest to form a large delta with the Sacramento River