niña

¹ American  

[nee-nyah] / ˈni nyɑ /

noun

Spanish.

plural

niñas

1. girl; child.

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Nina ² American  

[nee-nuh, nahy-] / ˈni nə, ˈnaɪ- /

noun

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

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Niña ³ American  

[neen-yuh, nee-nuh, nee-nyah] / ˈnin yə, ˈni nə, ˈni nyɑ /

noun

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

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Niña British  

/ ˈniːnə, ˈniɲa /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

According to Nina DiSalvo, policy director at labor advocacy group Towards Justice, some systems use signals associated with financial vulnerability — including data on whether a prospective employee has taken out a payday loan or has a high credit-card balance — to infer the lowest pay a candidate might accept.

From MarketWatch

Comedian Nina Nguyen will premiere her first play, “Sleepover,” on April 4 at the Short Story Incubator Showcase at the Hudson Theater, the culmination of a two-month program that brought 11 trans playwrights together to create new work to debut at the Joy Who Lived.

From Los Angeles Times

Such a revelation could have a "significant impact" on them, says Nina Barnsley from the UK charity, the Donor Conception Network.

From BBC

There’s also Nina in Atwater, which holds a variety of gatherings including a monthly series that focuses on mindfulness called “Be Here Now: Simple Tools for an Everyday Nervous System Reset.”

From Los Angeles Times

WMO scientific officer John Kennedy said global weather is still under the influence of La Nina, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that cools surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

From Barron's