niña
noun
girl; child.
niña
1 American
[nee-nyah]
/ ˈni njɑ /
noun
Spanish.
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niñas
plural
Nina
2
American
[nee-nuh, nahy-]
/ ˈni nə, ˈnaɪ- /
noun
Niña
3
American
[neen-yuh, nee-nuh, nee-nyah]
/ ˈnin jə, ˈni nə, ˈni njɑ /
noun
Niña
British
/ ˈniːnə, ˈniɲa /
noun
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Oh, yeah, it was “La niña de la mochila azul” and it’s a classic Pedro Fernandez song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
“I saw how people treated me by being la hija perfecta, the good student, good citizen and la niña buena,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
“Mi niña, mi niña mujer,” the man said, crooning a lyric from a hit song of the same name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
Speaking of developments, look at that niña leaning against the church!
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2012
“Ay, mi niña, let me run and get it.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
The story centers on Ivan and Nina, a distant father and daughter meeting up for a flight to Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
La Nina years, when the central and eastern tropical Pacific is cooler than normal, were producing stronger effects than their rating suggested, and El Ninos weaker ones.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Barrett and Nina Beckhardt, founder of the Naming Group agency, created the conference as a gathering place for this small and often misunderstood part of the larger marketing discipline, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
But it’s something she can do not only for Nina, but for every other vulnerable woman.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The wind carried Nina farther and farther west, over the front line and into enemy territory.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
With the most recent La Niña just ending, “we’re still in the crosshairs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The decline in the 2025 figures partly reflects an easing of the unprecedented fires of 2024, helped by cooler La Niña conditions instead of the warmer El Niño.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
During La Niña, warmer waters remain farther west, strengthening monsoon rains across parts of South and Southeast Asia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
El Niño and La Niña often alternate, but sometimes we can have two of the same event back to back.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
“What right have you, señor lieutenant, to question me about my guests, in my own house?” replied Niña.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner
“Is that really you? ¿Mis niñas? ¿Mis nietecitas?” she asked happily.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
She carefully tucks her perfectly curled hair into a swim cap and then says, “Well, niñas, tell me: Do you know how to swim?”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
The tracks of riderless horses, the footsteps of walking women—tender girls and children—upon that long tiresome trail, had for me a cruel significance—those slender tiny tracks of pretty feet—pobres niñas!
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid
His voice reached me from without— “‘Las niñas de Durango Commigo bailandas, Al cielo—!’
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
As we stood gazing with irresistible wonderment, Don Cosmé opened a side-door, and called aloud, “Niñas, niñas, ven aca!”
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
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