The Mara Salvatrucha gang originated in Los Angeles, set up in the 1980s by Salvadoran immigrants in the city's Pico-Union neighborhood who immigrated to the United States after the Central American civil wars of the 1980s.
Definition. The Sierra Club is the oldest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. The organization was founded in 1872 by a San Francisco group of professors, businessmen, and other professionals led by John Muir (Cohen 1985, 10).
The name Sierra is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Sierra is: Dark. Feminine of Ciaran. American Meaning: The name Sierra is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Sierra is: Dark. Feminine of Ciaran.