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
Nazar (given name) Nazar (given name) Nazar is a masculine name with multiple origins. As used by Christians, it means "from Nazareth," the town where Jesus Christ was said to have lived. The etymology of "Nazareth" from as early as Eusebius up until the 20th century has been said to derive from the Hebrew word נצר "netser", meaning a "shoot" or "sprout", while the apocryphal Gospel of Phillip derives the name from "Nazara" meaning "truth". Nazario is an Italian and Spanish version of the name, Nazaire is a French version and Nazariy is a Ukrainian and Russian form. Other variants in use include