niño

[ nee-nyaw; English neen-yoh ]

noun

, Spanish.

, plural ni·ños [nee, -nyaws, neen, -yohz].

1. boy; child.

Niño

/ nēn′yō /

1. See El Niño

Example Sentences

“Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts, such as the El Niño and La Niña cycle, but this is not always the case,” he said.

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There was a weak El Niño earlier this year, and this wash-up coincided with the recent red tide and Santa Ana winds last week.

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One of the only long-term predictive measures that forecasters can use, the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle, or ENSO, remains in neutral, meaning that the Pacific Ocean isn’t currently in either a La Niña or El Niño cycle.

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From the melodic Sicilian ghosts of “The Godfather” by composer Nino Rota to the aching Eastern European love theme in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” by Wojciech Kilar, his stories ooze with musical expression.

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The black humor and arch-fabulism of what Smerilli and Schimberg concocted took inspiration from opera and old Italian movies — they both love composer Nino Rota — as well as Duke Ellington and Bernard Herrmann.

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