Definition of El Niño

1. Noun. (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time.

Category relationships: Oceanography, Oceanology
Generic synonyms: Ocean Current
Specialized synonyms: El Nino Southern Oscillation

2. Noun. The Christ child.

Definition of El Niño

1. Proper noun. An 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, associated with a positive anomaly. ¹

2. Proper noun. A variant, less correct, spelling of '''El Niño''' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of El Niño

El Aaium
El Aaiún
El Alamein
El Beda
El Caudillo
El Cid
El Dorado
El Giza
El Greco
El Iskandriyah
El Libertador
El Misti
El Muerto
El Nino
El Nino southern oscillation
El Niño (current term)
El Paso
El Qahira
El Salvador
El Salvadoran colon
El Salvadoran monetary unit
El Tel
El Tor vibrio
Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnus augustifolia
Elaeagnus commutata
Elaeagnus latifolia
Elaeis guineensis
Elaeis oleifera
Elaeocarpaceae

Literary usage of El Niño

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. La Niäna and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation by Michael H. Glantz (2002)
"What's the difference between La Nina and El Niño? El Niño and La Nina are extreme phases of a naturally occurring climate cycle referred to as El Nino/ ..."

2. World Ocean Atlas, 1994: 1994 Interannual Variability of Upper Ocean Thermal by Sydney Levitus, Timothy P. Boyer, John Antonov (1994)
"4.7 Comparison of El Nino and La Nina thermal structure To further describe variability of the upper ocean thermal structure we have composited our annual ..."

3. A Traveler's Guide to the Galapagos Islands by Barry Boyce (2004)
"People tend to get alarmed when they hear the term "El Nino," because they associate it with an abnormal, catastrophic-like weather system. ..."

4. The War with Mexico by Roswell Sabine Ripley (1849)
"Its eastern continuation is a road which intersects the causeways of El Nino Perdido and San Antonio at points distant about a mile from the city, ..."

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