niña
noun
girl; child.
niña
1 American
[nee-nyah]
/ ˈni njɑ /
noun
Spanish.
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
Other Word Forms
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Example Sentences
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“Don’t worry, mi niña, that’s an old wives’ tale.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
Well, mi niña, shall I leave you alone now, so you can paint?
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
“What is it, niña? What has happened? Who is that man?”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
“Ay, mi niña, I love you too...Did I say that correctly? My English is getting better, isn’t it?”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
“Mi niña, yes. I believe we should accept all actions that are carried out in good faith and with a loving heart.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
La Nina is the cooling phase of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation cycle.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Michael Spyres’s clarion tenor and Brian Mulligan’s warm baritone limned the Emperor and Barak; Nina Stemme’s register leaps brought the Nurse to ferocious life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School in New York, told the BBC that Putin was unlikely to bend.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
This week, veteran National Public Radio reporter Nina Totenberg briefly published a story stating that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Nina saw the pale searchlights sweeping across the sky, hunting for the German aircraft.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
During La Niña, warmer waters remain farther west, strengthening monsoon rains across parts of South and Southeast Asia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
During La Niña, the sea surface temperatures of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean cool — the opposite of the El Niño trend.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
The decline last year partly reflects an easing of the unprecedented fires of 2024, helped by cooler La Niña conditions instead of the warmer El Niño.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
However, due to the background warming around the globe, a La Niña year now is warmer than an El Niño year just a few decades ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Its head reaches the cliff of La Niña just as the moon has sunk behind the snowy summit of the Sierra Blanca.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.
“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
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 Reid, Mayne
His voice reached me from without— “‘Las niñas de Durango Commigo bailandas, Al cielo—!’
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
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