What does serra mean?
Definitions for serra
ˈsɛr ə; huˈni pəˌroʊser·ra
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Princeton's WordNet
Serra, Junipero Serra, Miguel Jose Serranoun
Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784)
ChatGPT
serra
"Serra" is a word of Portuguese and Italian origin, typically referring to a mountain, hill or a range of mountains. It is often used in geographic names. Additionally, in the context of Mathematics, "serra" is a term used in reference to "serra curves" or "serra forms." Serra is also a common surname in Hispanic and Italian cultures. Please provide more context for a more specific definition.
Wikidata
Serra
Serra a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Bordering the north of the state's capital, Vitória, the municipality is part of the Greater Vitória metropolitan area. Its population was 409,324 and its area is 553 km². Serra, the seat of the municipality, is to the north of the characteristic Mestre Álvaro mountain which juts out of the coastal lowlands, and which is said to look like a small mountain range or "serra", in Portuguese, which is where the town and municipality got its name.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Serra
ser′a, n. a saw, or saw-like part [L.]
Entomology
Serra
a saw or saw-like part.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SERRA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Serra is ranked #5674 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Serra surname appeared 6,114 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Serra.
67.1% or 4,108 total occurrences were White.
28.5% or 1,744 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.7% or 169 total occurrences were Asian.
0.7% or 46 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 42 total occurrences were Black.
0% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for serra »
ersar
raser
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of serra in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of serra in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of serra in a Sentence
We were raised not to say anything bad about the Catholic religion, but at the same time, we can't stay quiet about this. It's like the altar boy scandal. All the people who stayed quiet about the altar boy scandal, how do they feel now? it seems like the church is doing all it can to separate Serra from the atrocities and deaths and what happened to the Indians, but that does not work.
It seems like the church is doing all it can to separate Serra from the atrocities and deaths and what happened to the Indians, but that does not work.
In September, God willing, I will canonize Junipero Serra in the United States, who was the evangelizer of the west of the United States.
A lot of people make the argument Serra had goodintentions —of course, we don’t know that for sure because all of our accounts are from a Spanish perspective — but our view is that he was complicit in the mission system that killed and enslaved a lot of native people, and we can’t just go around honoring everyone who had good intentions with a high school name, especially if they caused so much damage.
I had an adversarial relationship with Serra which went unspoken up until that moment.
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