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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.
Generic synonyms: Ocean Current
Specialized synonyms: El Nino Southern Oscillation
2. Noun. The Christ child.
Generic synonyms: Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, The Nazarene
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
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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