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super-Niño

US/ˈsu.pɚˌnin.joʊ/

super-Niño noun: an exceptionally large form of the El Niño invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate.

Noun

super-Niño (plural super-Niños)

  1. An exceptionally large form of the El Niño invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate.
    • Grodzicki describes the event as even greater than the one that struck Peru in 1983 with which he was familiar. This Super Niño could be the same one documented by Elera and Pinilla (1992) for the Salinar occupation at Puémape on the north coast, […] Grodzicki (1990:93) calculates that the event...2002, Helaine Silverman, Ancient Nasca Settlement and Society, page 24
    • It is possible, given the context of calamities wrought by the weather (prolonged droughts and a super-Niño) and the probable political strife due to Wari expansion, that this phenomenon was a response to a crisis situation.2008, Krzysztof Makowski, “Andean Urbanism”, in Helaine Silverman, William H. Isbell, editors, Handbook of South American Archaeology, page 648

Forms of super-Niño

pluralsuper-Niños

Origin of super-Niño

From Spanish super-Niño.

Questions about super-Niño

What does super-Niño mean?
Super-Niño means an exceptionally large form of the El Niño invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador every four to seven years that causes changes in local and regional climate.
What part of speech is super-Niño?
Super-Niño is a noun.
How do you pronounce super-Niño?
Super-Niño is pronounced /ˈsu.pɚˌnin.joʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of super-Niño?
The plural of super-Niño is super-Niños.

Words near super-Niño in the dictionary

  1. super-maximum
  2. super-Mendelian
  3. super-moon
  4. super-Neptune
  5. super-Neptunes
  6. super-Niño
  7. super-Niños
  8. super-note
  9. super-notes
  10. super-obesity
  11. super-photon

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