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La Nina

La Nina is the nonstandard spelling of La Niña.

Meaning of La Niña

Proper noun

La Niña (plural La Niñas)

  1. (attributive, sometimes) 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.
    • 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.2007 May 23, Houston Chronicle

Forms of La Nina

pluralLa Ninas

Questions about La Nina

What is La Nina the nonstandard spelling of?
La Nina is the nonstandard spelling of La Niña.

Words near La Nina in the dictionary

  1. la mian
  2. La Mirada
  3. La Mitis
  4. La Montagne
  5. La Moye
  6. La Nina
  7. La Niña
  8. La Niñas
  9. la nouvelle manga
  10. La Oroya
  11. La Palma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: La Nina (page history and authors); La Niña (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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