El Niño
See also: El Nino
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish, meaning "The Little Boy", referring to the Christ child, as the phenomenon is observed around Christmas time.
Noun
El Niño (plural El Niños)
- An invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate, associated with a positive anomaly.
- 2007 May 23, in the 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.
- 2007 May 23, in the Houston Chronicle:
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Translations
a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish El Niño.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
El Niño n
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish El Niño.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
- (meteorology) El Niño (a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon)
Spanish
Proper noun
- The Christ child
- El Niño (ocean current)
Turkish
Proper noun
El Niño (definite accusative El Niño'yu, plural El Niño'lar)
- (meteorology) El Niño (ocean current)
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