El Niño
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See also: El Nino
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Spanish El Niño (literally “The Little Boy”), used by South American fishermen in the 17th century, referring to the Christ child, as the phenomenon is observed around Christmas time.[1]
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El Niño (plural El Niños)
- An invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador, the positive phase of the multi-year ENSO cycle, which causes changes in local and regional climate.
- 2007 May 23, Houston Chronicle:
- Additionally, scientists aren’t expecting to be surprised again by El Niño, a warming of the Pacific Ocean that tends to dampen Atlantic hurricane activity.
- 2020 July 23, Abrahm Lustgarten, “The Great Climate Migration”, in New York Times[2]:
- The odd weather phenomenon that many blame for the suffering here — the drought and sudden storm pattern known as El Niño — is expected to become more frequent as the planet warms.
- 2023 July 12, Catrin Einhorn, Elena Shao, “How Hot Is the Sea Off Florida Right Now? Think 90s Fahrenheit.”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
- In part, that’s because the planet is entering a natural climate phenomenon known as El Niño, which typically brings warmer oceans. But now, El Niño is coming on top of long-term warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
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a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon
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Cebuano[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (climatology) El Niño
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:El Niño.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish El Niño.
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Proper noun[edit]
El Niño m
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Niño.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- (meteorology) El Niño (a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- the Christ child
- (climatology) El Niño (ocean current)
Usage notes[edit]
- As a proper noun named after a proper noun, the El Niño ocean current is preceded by the uncontracted particles a and de rather than using al and del:
- El libro del niño me enseñó sobre la oscilación de El Niño.
- The boy's book taught me about the El Niño oscillation.
Turkish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
El Niño (definite accusative El Niño'yu, plural El Niño'lar)
- (meteorology) El Niño (ocean current)
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