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
Oscar (given name) Oscar (given name) Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name derived from either Irish or Old English, via Proto-Germanic. It is cognate to Danish Asger or Asker, German Ansgar, Faroese and Icelandic Ásgeir. Oscar is the third most popular name for males born in Sweden in 2013. Oskar is ranked 51 in terms of the most popular male names in Sweden. The name may be derived from two elements in Irish: the first, "os", means "deer"; the second element, "car", means "loving", thus "deer-loving one" or the like. The name is borne by a character in Irish mythology—Oscar, grandson