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Noun: El Niño
  1. The Christ child
     
  2. (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time

Derived forms: El Niños

Type of: Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, ocean current, Prince of Peace, Redeemer, Savior [N. Amer], Saviour [Brit, Cdn], the Nazarene