"La Niña" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /lə ˈniːn.jə/ Forms: La Niñas [plural]
Etymology: Spanish feminine of El Niño. Head templates: {{en-prop|s|nolinkhead=1}} La Niña (plural La Niñas)
  1. (sometimes attributive) A sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly of more than 0.5°C across the equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean; the negative phase of the multi-year ENSO cycle, which causes variations in local and regional weather patterns. Tags: attributive, sometimes Categories (topical): Weather Translations (temperature anomaly): 拉尼娜 (Lānínà) (Chinese Mandarin), 拉尼娜現象 /拉尼娜现象 (Lānínà xiànxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), La-Ninja (Esperanto), La Niña (Finnish), La Niña [feminine] (French), La Niña [neuter] (German), ラニーニャ (Ra Nīnya) (Japanese), Ла-Ни́нья (La-Nínʹja) [feminine] (Russian), La Niña [feminine] (Spanish), ลานีญา (laa-nii-yâa) (Thai), La Niña (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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