Synonyms for serra
ˈsɛr ə; huˈni pəˌroʊser·ra

Princeton's WordNet

1. Serra, Junipero Serra, Miguel Jose Serranoun

   Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784)

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1. • Missionary

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1. List of paraphrases for "serra":

   sierra, sera

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How to use serra in a sentence?

1. Emma Taila:

   A lot of people make the argument Serra had goodintentions —of course, we don’t know that for sure because all of our accounts are from a Spanish perspective — but our view is that he was complicit in the mission system that killed and enslaved a lot of native people, and we can’t just go around honoring everyone who had good intentions with a high school name, especially if they caused so much damage.

2. Valentin Lopez:

   We were raised not to say anything bad about the Catholic religion, but at the same time, we can't stay quiet about this. It's like the altar boy scandal. All the people who stayed quiet about the altar boy scandal, how do they feel now? it seems like the church is doing all it can to separate Serra from the atrocities and deaths and what happened to the Indians, but that does not work.

3. Corine Fairbanks:

   The irony does not go unnoticed that here the Pope now proposes to elevate Serra to sainthood and yet, many know him to be a monster who separated, butchered and maimed Native families - all in the name of Christ, military and progress.

4. Ruben Mendoza:

   I had an adversarial relationship with Serra which went unspoken up until that moment.

5. Ruben Mendoza:

   Suddenly, all of my ancestors channeled me in this area. I'm a scientist, and I now that sounds flaky, but it was so powerful, and I fell to my knees and made the sign of the cross, i had an adversarial relationship with Serra which went unspoken up until that moment.