"El Niño" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɛl ˈniːn.joʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-El Niño.wav [US] Forms: El Niños [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|El Niño|lit=The Little Boy}} Spanish El Niño (literally “The Little Boy”) Head templates: {{en-prop|s|nolinkhead=1}} El Niño (plural El Niños)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Weather Synonyms: El Nino Hyponyms: super-Niño Translations (a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon): Ел Ниньо (El Ninjo) (Bulgarian), 厄爾尼諾 (Chinese Mandarin), 厄尔尼诺 (È'ěrnínuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 厄爾尼諾現象 (Chinese Mandarin), 厄尔尼诺现象 (È'ěrnínuò xiànxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖嬰現象 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣婴现象 (Shèng Yīng xiànxiàng) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), El Niňo [masculine, neuter] (Czech), El-Ninjo (Esperanto), El Niño (Finnish), El Niño [masculine] (French), El Niño [masculine] (German), Ελ Νίνιο (El Nínio) [neuter] (Greek), エルニーニョ (Erunīnyo) (Japanese), 엘니뇨 (ellinyo) (Korean), 엘니뇨 현상 (ellinyo hyeonsang) (Korean), एल निन्यो (el ninyo) (Marathi), ال نینو (el nino) (Persian), El Niño [masculine] (Portuguese), Эль-Ни́ньо (Elʹ-Nínʹo) (Russian), El Niño [masculine] (Spanish), เอลนีโญ (eel-nii-yôo) (Thai), El Niño (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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