Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through Northwestern and Western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica. The Spanish name "sierra madre" means "mother mountains" and "occidental" means "western" in English, with these being the "Western Mother Mountains". To the east, from the Spanish "oriental" meaning
Kennedy (given name) two elements: the first, "ceann", meaning "a head"; the second, "éide", meaning "Armour"; hence the name can be thought to mean "helmet-headed". As a masculine given name, "Kennedy" can be rendered into Irish as "Cinnéididh" and "Cinnéidigh", and into Latin as "Kinnedius". The masculine "Kennedy" can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as "Uarraig". This name is etymologically unrelated to the English "Kennedy" and Irish "Cinnéidigh". "Uarraig" is composed of two Gaelic elements: the first, "uall", means "pride"; and the second, "garg", means "fierce". This Scottish Gaelic name is Anglicised "Kennedy" possibly because it was commonly borne by various families who