El Niño

Etymology
From, used by South American fishermen in the 17th century, referring to the Christ child, as the phenomenon is observed around Christmas time.

Proper noun

 * 1) An invasion of warm water into the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru and Ecuador, the positive phase of the multi-year ENSO  cycle, which causes changes in local and regional climate.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: Ел Ниньо
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: El-Ninjo
 * Finnish: El Niño
 * French:
 * German: El Niño
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 엘니뇨 현상
 * Marathi: एल निन्यो
 * Persian: ال نینو
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: เอลนีโญ
 * Turkish:

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)   a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon

Proper noun

 * 1) the Christ child
 * 2)   ocean current

Usage notes

 * As a proper noun named after a proper noun, the El Niño ocean current is preceded by the uncontracted particles a and de rather than using al and del:

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)  El Niño ocean current