La Niña

La Niña

See also: lanina and La Nina

English

Etymology

Spanish feminine of El Niño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə ˈniːn.jə/

Noun

La Niña (plural La Niñas)

1. (sometimes attributive) A sustained sea-surface temperature anomaly of magnitude greater than 0.5°C across the central tropical Pacific Ocean, associated with a negative anomaly and producing predictable variations in local and regional weather patterns.
   • 2007, May 23, Houston Chronicle

     Climate scientists think a La Niña event may develop this summer, meaning water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean will be cooler that normal. Although the relationship is not fully understood, historically there tends to be more hurricane activity during a La Niña event.

Related terms

• El Niño

Translations

temperature anomaly

Chinese: Mandarin: 拉尼娜 (zh) (Lānínà), 拉尼娜現象／拉尼娜现象 (zh) (Lānínà xiànxiàng) Esperanto: La-Ninja Finnish: La Niña French: La Niña f German: La Niña n Japanese: ラニーニャ (ja) (Ra Nīnya) Russian: Ла-Ни́нья f (La-Nínʹja) Spanish: La Niña (es) f Thai: ลานีญา (laa-nii-yâa) Turkish: La Niña

Anagrams

• Nalani, alanin

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish La Niña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːˈninjaː/

Proper noun

La Niña n

1. (meteorology) La Niña

Related terms

• El Niño

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la ˈniɲa/

Proper noun

La Niña f

1. La Niña

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Turkish

Proper noun

La Niña (definite accusative La Niña'yı, plural La Niña'lar)

1. (meteorology) La Niña (sustained sea-surface temperature anomaly)