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. List of paraphrases for "serra":

   sierra, sera

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Olin Tezcatlipoca:

   Our protest is to tell the Pope that by canonizing Junipero Serra, they want to canonize colonialism, they want to canonize white supremacy and they want to canonize the genocide of our people. And that is an immoral act.

4. Pope Francis:

   Junipero Serra left his native land and its way of life, he was excited about blazing trails, going forth to meet many people, learning and valuing their particular customs and ways of life.

5. Andrew Galvan:

   Everybody ... asks, Andy, how can you support the guy? I have to be able to sleep at night. So I have answered that: I believe Junipero Serra was a very, very good man in a very, very bad situation. And the bad situation is what we call colonialism, junipero Serra is being proclaimed a saint because he lived the life of a saint.