nino
Child in Madrid
Niño is Spanish for boy or child, appearing in English primarily in El Niño, the climate pattern caused by warming Pacific Ocean waters.
The full Spanish name means "the Christ child," referring to the phenomenon's typical appearance around Christmas.
La Niña ("the girl") names the opposite cooling pattern.
Periodic Pacific warming event
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
phenomenon · ocean current · La Niña · tropical · meteorology · sea temperature · trade winds · drought
boy
Young male person
infant · baby · little one · youngster · bambino · muchacho · offspring · tot · tyke · babe
El Niño
Periodic Pacific warming event
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
warming · phenomenon · ocean current · La Niña · tropical · meteorology · sea temperature · trade winds · drought · flooding
sweetheart
Affectionate name for beloved
cariño · querido · endearment · pet name · term of endearment · honey · sweetie · treasure · beloved · angel
- nine o'clockSpecific hour designation
- nine livesSupposed feline allotment
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- on cloud nineExtremely elated state
- cloud nineState of extreme elation
- back nineLast half of course
nine, ninth, ninety, nineties, ninetieth, nineteen, nineteenth