La Niña

Spanish feminine of El Niño.

• IPA^(key): /lə ˈniːn.jə/

La Niña (plural La Niñas)

1. (sometimes attributive) A sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly of more than 0.5°C across the equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean; the negative phase of the multi-year ENSO cycle, which causes variations in local and regional weather patterns.
   • 2007 May 23, Houston Chronicle:

     Climate scientists think a La Niña event may develop this summer, meaning water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean will be cooler that normal. Although the relationship is not fully understood, historically there tends to be more hurricane activity during a La Niña event.

   • 2021 November 16, Soumya Karlamangla, “What La Niña Means for California’s Drought”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Scientists predict that La Niña this winter will lead to below average precipitation in a large swath of California, stretching from the Bay Area to the state’s southern border. They expect warmer than average temperatures for Southern California and eastern parts of Central California.

• El Niño

• alanin, Nalani, Alinan

Borrowed from Spanish La Niña.

• IPA^(key): /laːˈninjaː/

La Niña n

1. (meteorology) La Niña

• El Niño

• IPA^(key): /la ˈniɲa/
• Syllabification: La Ni‧ña

La Niña f

1. La Niña

Borrowed from Spanish La Niña.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /la ˈninja/
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /la ˈninja/
• Rhymes: -inja
• Syllabification: La Ni‧ña

La Niña (Baybayin spelling ᜎ ᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ)

1. La Niña (sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly)

• “La Niña”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “La Niña”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

La Niña (definite accusative La Niña'yı, plural La Niña'lar)

1. (meteorology) La Niña (sustained sea-surface temperature anomaly)