El Niño

El Nino English Alternative forms en El Nino Etymology From en es El Niño 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.en El Niño and La Niña, Explained The New York Times 2023-07-18 https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-la-nina-el-nino.html 0362-4331 https://web.archive.org/web/20250930181455/https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-la-nina-el-nino.html 30 September 2025 Pronunciation en /ɛl ˈniːn.joʊ/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-El Niño.wav US Proper noun s Los 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. en May 23 2007 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. en New York Times The Great Climate Migration Abrahm Lustgarten 2020-07-23 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/magazine/climate-migration.html The odd weather phenomenon that many blame for the suffering here — the drought and sudden storm pattern known as El Niño — is expected to become more frequent as the planet warms. https://web.archive.org/web/20260802020356/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/23/magazine/climate-migration.html 2 August 2026 en Catrin Einhorn; Elena Shao How Hot Is the Sea Off Florida Right Now? Think 90s Fahrenheit. The New York Times 2023-07-12 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/climate/florida-ocean-temperatures-reefs.html 0362-4331 In part, that’s because the planet is entering a natural climate phenomenon known as El Niño, which typically brings warmer oceans. But now, El Niño is coming on top of long-term warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions. https://web.archive.org/web/20260216082117/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/climate/florida-ocean-temperatures-reefs.html 16 February 2026 en-GB Lauren Herdman Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil The Guardian 2024-05-06 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/06/weather-tracker-torrential-rainstorms-cause-death-and-destruction-in-brazil 0261-3077 El Niño is also partially responsible for the ongoing catastrophic rainfall in east Africa, which began in March and has caused devastating flooding in Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Rwanda and Burundi. Antonyms en La Niña Hyponyms en super-Niño Translations a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon Bulgarian: bg Ел Ниньо Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 厄爾尼諾 È'ěrnínuò, cmn 厄爾尼諾現象 È'ěrnínuò xiànxiàng, cmn 聖嬰現象 Shèng Yīng xiànxiàng Taiwan Czech: cs El Niňo m n Esperanto: eo El-Ninjo Finnish: fi El Niño French: fr El Niño m German: de El Niño m Greek: el Ελ Νίνιο n Japanese: ja エルニーニョ Erunīnyo Korean: ko 엘니뇨, ko 엘니뇨 현상 Marathi: mr एल निन्यो Persian: fa ال نینو el nino Polish: pl El Niño m-in Portuguese: pt El Niño m Russian: ru Эль-Ни́ньо Spanish: es El Niño m Thai: th เอลนีโญ Turkish: tr El Niño References Further reading Anagrams en eilnno Lonnie on line on-line online en Weather Cebuano Noun ceb noun ceb climatology ceb El Niño Quotations ceb Dutch Etymology Borrowed from nl es El Niño. Pronunciation nl /ɛlˈninjoː/ Proper noun 1 m nl meteorology en El Niño Related terms nl La Niña Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor es:El Niño + 1 Pronunciation él-ninho Proper noun m El Niños pt meteorology en El Niño a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun m El Niño the Christ child es climatology en El Niño ocean current Usage notes As a proper noun named after a proper noun, the El Niño ocean current is preceded by the uncontracted particles a and de rather than using al and del: es El libro del niño me enseñó sobre la oscilación de El Niño. The boy's book taught me about the El Niño oscillation. Tagalog Etymology tl :bor es:El Niño + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun es el El es niño Niño + en El Niño a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon Related terms tl La Niña Santo Niño Further reading tl Weather Turkish Proper noun El Niño'yu El Niño'lar El Niño tr meteorology El Niño ocean current