Serra
[ˈsɛrə]Meaning
Italian habitational surname, from places called Serra; Latin serra, "saw"
Background Story
Serra is an Italian habitational surname, taken from any of numerous places called Serra. The word is Latin for "saw", and in Sardinian, Galician, Portuguese and Catalan it means "mountain range" or "saw"; in Italian it also means "greenhouse". It is recorded as a feminine given name in Turkish and Judeo-French.
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