niña
[nee-nyah]
- girl; child.
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Nina
[nee-nuh, nahy-]
- a female given name, Russian form of Anna.
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Niña
[neen-yuh, nee-nuh; Spanish nee-nyah]
- one of the three ships under the command of Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
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La Niña
[lah nee-nyah]
- a cool ocean current that develops off the coast of Ecuador and Peru, sometimes following an El Niño but causing nearly the opposite extreme weather conditions.
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Origin of La Niña
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Contemporary Examples
You can see that with Nina, definitely, in the first few episodes.
In some cases, such as those of Dallas nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, the body figures out how to fight back.
“Like Nina Pham, she is a heroic person—a person who has dedicated her life to helping others,” he told a press conference.
Get a Piece of Houdini Before He Disappears By Nina Strochlic A death-defying magical box.
The Best of the Beast, Aug 25-31: High Schools, Houdini and Hip-Hop JihadistsThe Daily Beast
August 30, 2014
In 2003 Nina Clarkin, a British player, became the first woman to play on a team that won the Veuve Cliquot Gold Cup.
Historical Examples
Nina's eyes flashed angrily, as though such jesting was an offence.
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
Listen to that sigh of poor Nina's and you'll understand what it is to be dreary!'
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
Nina had been a great success in society, and she reaped the full benefit of it.
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
Indeed, not alone with him, but with all of us—even Nina did not escape.'
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
Have you lived long enough amongst us, Nina, to know that we all hate the law?
Lord KilgobbinCharles Lever
La Niña
- meteorol a cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific, occurring in certain years
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Word Origin
C20: from Spanish: The Little Girl, to distinguish it from El Niño
Niña
- the Niña one of the three ships commanded by Columbus in 1492
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Word Origin and History for nina
Nina
fem. proper name; in a Russian context it is a shortening of Annina, diminutive of Greek Anna. In a Spanish context, Niña "child, infant," a nursery word.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
La Niña
[lä nēn′yä]
- A cooling of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, occurring somewhat less frequently than El Niño events but causing similar, generally opposite disruptions to global weather patterns. La Niña conditions occur when the Pacific trade winds blow more strongly than usual, pushing the sun-warmed surface water farther west and increasing the upwelling of cold water in the eastern regions. Together with the atmospheric effects of the related southern oscillation, the cooler water brings drought to western South America and heavy rains to eastern Australia and Indonesia. Compare El Niño.
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