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
“Be well, niña, you taught us so much in so little time,” she says.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
The adjoining barn on the property was transformed into a guesthouse, and Seyfried has focused on passing on her love for animals to her two children: Nina, 8, and Thomas, 5.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
In 1991, NPR’s Nina Totenberg broke the story of Anita Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, drawing the ire of the right.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Nina Studer, who traveled from London, said the play is deeply satisfying from a fan perspective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"With oil apparently continuing to leak and the vessel stranded in a difficult location, the risk of an even larger environmental disaster remains serious," Nina Noelle of Greenpeace told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Once we’re in the car, Auntie Nina asks if we want plate lunch from Ted’s Bakery.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Notably, the study did not find that climate change is worsening the other half of the El Niño Southern Oscillation System — La Niña.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hoell and his colleagues analyzed nearly four decades of El Niño and La Niña oscillations and wildfire burn areas to understand how often the fire season mirrors the climate cycle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 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
And despite the cooling drag of a La Niña event, 2025 still came in as the third warmest year on record, hotter even than the super El Niño year of 2016.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Niña, so-called after the Niño family of Palos, who owned her, was still smaller, being only forty tons.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by J. M. (John Marcus) Dickey
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
“Is that really you? ¿Mis niñas? ¿Mis nietecitas?” she asked happily.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
This gentleman seeing the gitanilla, called out, "Come up here, niñas, and we will give you something."
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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
There might be other niñas following the Mexican army who had brothers, but the communication of Rayas pointed to one who had lately disappeared from the camp—a circumstance identifying her with the sister of Calros.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
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