La Niña

See also: lanina and La Nina

English

Etymology

Spanish feminine of El Niño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə ˈniːn.jə/

Proper noun

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.
   • 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.

   • 2021 November 16, Soumya Karlamangla, “What La Niña Means for California’s Drought”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Scientists predict that La Niña this winter will lead to below average precipitation in a large swath of California, stretching from the Bay Area to the state’s southern border. They expect warmer than average temperatures for Southern California and eastern parts of Central California.

Antonyms

• 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 (fr) 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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish La Niña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːˈninjaː/

Proper noun

La Niña n

1. (meteorology) La Niña

Related terms

• El Niño

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la ˈniɲa/ [la ˈni.ɲa]
• Syllabification: La Ni‧ña

Proper noun

La Niña f

1. La Niña

Turkish

Proper noun

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

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