niña

¹

[ nee-nyah ]

noun

, Spanish.

, plural ni·ñas [nee, -nyahs].

1. girl; child.

Nina

²

[ nee-nuh, nahy- ]

noun

1. a female given name, Russian form of Anna.

Niña

³

[ neen-yuh, nee-nuh; Spanish nee-nyah ]

noun

1. one of the three ships under the command of Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.

Niña

/ ˈniːnə; ˈniɲa /

noun

1. the Niña
   one of the three ships commanded by Columbus in 1492

Example Sentences

A separate defamation suit filed by Nina Jankowicz, the former head of the federal Disinformation Governance Board, was dismissed in July.

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Nina Weisman, chair of the Inyo County Democratic Central Committee, said she was disappointed but not at all surprised that her county voted for Trump, given the rightward shift in American politics this year.

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“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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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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La Niña years typically favor drier conditions for the southwestern U.S.

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