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La Niña
La Ni·ña L0042650 (lä nēn′yä)n. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America, occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pacific and other weather patterns.
[American Spanish, the girl (to distinguish it from El Niño) : Spanish la, the (from Latin illa, feminine of ille; see al- in Indo-European roots) + niña, daughter (from Old Spanish ninna, from Vulgar Latin *nīnna).]La Niña (læ ˈniːnjə) n (Physical Geography) meteorol a cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific, occurring in certain years[C20: from Spanish: The Little Girl, to distinguish it from El Niño]La Ni·ña (lä nēn′yä) A cooling of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, occurring every 4 to 12 years and causing unusual weather patterns. The cooler water brings drought to western South America and heavy rains to eastern Australia and Indonesia. Compare El Niño.La Niña
La Niña: see El Niño–Southern OscillationEl Niño–Southern Oscillation
(ENSO) , large-scale climatic fluctuation of the tropical Pacific Ocean and the overlying atmosphere. The El Niño [Span.
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