Niñon.
/ˈniːnjəʊ/, U.S. /ˈninjoʊ/ = El Niño n.
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Niño1932
El Niño1942
ENSO1983
1932 Geography 17 94 The abnormal warm water of 25°–28°C. felt as warm current from the north..is called the niño current by the Peruvian people.
1977 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) July 60/3 The Niño extended southward along the entire Peruvian coast and remained longer than ever before—more than a year and a half.
1986 Sci. Amer. June 55 h/3 Such relatively intense Niños were observed..most recently..in 1982–83, when the sea surface off Peru warmed by more than seven degrees Celsius.
1986 Independent 29 Dec. 2 Normally dry areas, such as the western coast of Peru, have heavy rains during an extreme Niño.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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