A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling. âFlowerâ and âflourâ are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly canât bake a cake using daffodils. Continue reading...
exists and is an alternate of . According to Wikipedia: One theory says the name Andes comes from the Quechua word anti, which means high crest. Another theory says that the name Andes derived from the Spanish word andÃ©n which means terrace in reference to the cultivation terraces used by the Incas and other related peoples. According to Wikipedia: One theory says the name Andes comes from the Quechua word anti, which means high crest.
siÂ·erâ²ran adj. Word History: In English, the word sierra is probably best known for the names of certain mountain ranges, such as the Sierra Nevada (in Spanish, the snowy sierra) of Spain, the similarly named Sierra Nevada of Eastern California, and the Sierra Madre (the mother sierra) of Mexico.