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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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Ruben Mendoza:

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

4. 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.

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.